[Transcriber’s Note: the following changes have been made to this text.
Page 789: duplicate word “and” corrected—“and let it stand”.
Page 798: horrow to horror—“shame and horror”.
Page 799: recieve to receive—“to receive more than”.
Page 800: your to you—“you enter”.]
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The letter and its history are given in Thayer’s delightful Life of Beethoven.