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Famous letters: lessons in love and governance
Hindustan Times
January 6, 2012First Published: January 6, 2012
Last Updated: 2012-08-15 07:15:10
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[pic]Famous letters: lessons in love and governance
In the era of emails and instant messaging, letters have become a museum curiosity – a relic of the time gone by. But there was a time when they were the only means of communication between a father to his daughter or a leader to his country. Check out some of the most famous letters.
Jawaharlal Nehru to Indira Gandhi
Late Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a series of letters to his daughter, Indira Gandhi, from the jail. Nehru was not only a great political leader but also a loving father and teacher. His letters to Indira subtlety teach her about the nuances of politics, philosophy and the culture of India. He writes in his last letter from the jail: “You must not take what I have written in these letters as the final authority on any subject. A politician wants to have a say on every subject and he always pretends to know much more than he actually does. He has to be watched carefully. These letters of mine are but superficial sketches joined together by a thin thread. I have rambled on, skipping centuries and many important happenings, and then pitching my tent for quite a long time on some event which interested me.”
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Lincoln letter to Horace Geeley
Abraham Lincoln’s most famous letter was written to Horace Greeley, editor of the influential New York Tribune, during the Civil War. The letter was written in response to Greeley’s article, The Prayer of Twenty Millions, criticizing Lincoln’s administration. The letter came in the wake of Lincoln’s new position on emancipation and expressed his commitment to preserving the Union, “I would save the Union. I would...