1837—
Letter to Caroline Sturgis
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“Thomas a Kempis and George Herbert are constantly at my elbow”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.
WorkThomas à Kempis
De Imitatione Christi [The Imitation of Christ]
Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380–1471) · c. 1418-27; first printed edition c. 1471-72
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- 1837De Imitatione ChristiAttested
“Write me all about her Thomas a Kempis and George Herbert are constantly at my elbow and remind met”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · 18 June 1837
'Are constantly at my elbow and remind me' is an explicit statement of ongoing active reading companionship with these two books.