I believe in you . I believe you will make of your life a beautiful and worthy thing . I give you Godspeed for the years to come . Out of my own loneliness I , an unknown friend , who has never clasped your hand , send this message to you . I understand -- I have always understood -- and I say to you : `` Be of good cheer . '' To say that this strange letter was a mystery to me seems an inadequate way of stating the matter . I was completely bewildered , nor could I even guess who the writer might be , think and ponder as I might . The letter itself implied that the writer was a stranger . The handwriting was evidently that of a man , and I knew no man who could or would have sent such a letter to me . The very mystery stung me to interest . As for the letter itself , it brought me an uplift of hope and inspiration such as I would not have believed possible an hour earlier . It rang so truly and sincerely , and the mere thought that somewhere I had a friend who cared enough to write it , even in such odd fashion , was so sweet that I was half ashamed of the difference it made in my outlook . Sitting there , I took courage and made a compact with myself that I would justify the writer 's faith in me -- that I would take up my life as something to be worthily lived for all good , to the disregard of my own selfish sorrow and shrinking . I would seek for something to do -- for interests which would bind me to my fellow-creatures -- for tasks which would lessen the pains and perils of humankind . An hour before , this would not have seemed to me possible ; now it seemed the right and natural thing to do . A week later another letter came . I welcomed it with an eagerness which I feared was almost childish . It was a much longer letter than the first and was written in quite a different strain . There was no apology for or explanation of the motive for writing . It was as if the letter were merely one of a permitted and established correspondence between old friends .
It began with a witty , sparkling review of a new book the writer had just read , and passed from this XXXXX crisp comments on the great events , political , scientific , artistic , of the day .
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