Vincent d'INDY (1851-1931). L.A.S., 10 May 1898, to a "dear comrade"; 3 pages in-8 (small mourning). He is very sensitive to the cordial sympathy of his letter, but reproves its exaggerations: "We are all the workers of the same work, the masons of the same monument, and whether we bring in a cut stone or a door lintel, as long as the material used is a piece of ourselves, with a portion of our heart, it will be good and lasting. The main thing, in order to raise the beautiful monument of Art, would be that all of us, workers, should love each other, instead of hating each other - as happens, alas, too often among confreres - we should form a true family and help each other instead of the opposite [...] and the exchange of ideas would surely become profitable to all. Perhaps these are dreams...