The Art of Letter Writing

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While listening to the excellent audiobook Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow, this sentence in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison made me think about letter writing:

“The motion of my blood no longer keeps time with the tumult of the world.” Full letter here

Does anyone write such flowing letters anymore?

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October 8, 2022

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