...to dispose of them. How much I shall rejoice if I can serve you even in the grave ! So be it then ! I joyfully hasten to meet Death. If he comes before...wished to make you happy. Amen ! LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN. (Written on the outside.} Thus, then, I take leave of you, and with sadness too. The fond hope I brought...

...to dispose of them. How much I shall rejoice if I can serve you even in the grave ! So be it then! I joyfully hasten to meet death. If he comes before...you and wished to make you happy. Amen ! " LUDWIG VON BEETHOVEN." ( Written on the outside?) " Thus, then, I take leave of you, and with sadness too....

...of developing my artistic powers, then, notwithstanding my cruel fate, he will come too soon for me; but even then I shall be content, for his advent will...I deserve this from you, because during my life I have so often thought of you and wished to make you happy." The last ten years of Beethoven's life...

...ought to have been more perfect with me than with other men, — a sense which I once possessed in the highest perfection ; to an extent, indeed, that few...wished to make you happy. Amen. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN. It is pathetic to realize that this beautiful lament and appeal was addressed to men so unworthy of...

...only to dispose of them. How much I shall rejoice if I can serve you even in the grave! So be it then! I joyfully hasten to meet Death. If he comes before...during my life I so often thought of you, and wished to nuke you happy. Amen! LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN. [ Written on the outs1de.} Thus, then, I take leave of...