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[Mr. Senior left Paris on the next day.
M. de Tocqueville paid his promised visit to England in June, and was
received with a perfect ovation.--ED.]
CORRESPONDENCE.
London, July 10, 1857.
I was too ill, my dear friend, to go to you yesterday. Dr. Ferguson tells
me that I have been doing too much, and prescribes perfect rest.
I have already read half your journal of 1857. It is very curious; but I
am glad that you have disguised me.
It is terrible to be in London, and to see so little of you; but the
force of circumstances is greater than the force of wishes.
Ever yours,
A. DE TOCQUEVILLE.
Tocqueville, August 6, 1857.
You may already have had news of me through some of our common friends,
my dear Senior, but I wish, besides, to give you some myself, and to
thank you again for the kind welcome I received from you and in your
house during my stay in London.
I regret only that I was unable to be more with you, and that, in spite
of myself, I was drawn into a whirlpool which carried me away and
prevented me from following my inclinations.
I have returned, however, full of gratitude for the marks of
consideration and affection showered upon me in England.
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