Alfred de VIGNY. Autograph manuscript, Les deux courans, January 18, 1843; 1page in-4 in blue ink. Draft of a philosophical poem. "Two currents carry letters today. One towards the lowest regions of Cynicism, the other towards the wildest hypocrisies of Catholic Pedantry. - Narrow is the island where reason still rules. They are not enchanted by the cold cruelty of the boasts of crime. They are not cold comedians playing the role of St. Jerome. This page was annotated in red pencil for publication in Journal d'un poète. Œuvres complètes (Pléiade, 1986), t. I, p.332 (falsely dated 1842).