Note 330 — Chapter II · THE ARTIST IN THEORY
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Liszt writes thus in June or July 1849, i.e. a month or six weeks after Wagner's flight from Dresden. "Forgive me if I suggest that you should manage so that you are not of necessity brought into enmity with things and men who bar your road to success and glory. A truce therefore to political commonplaces, socialistic balderdash, and personal hatreds. On the other hand, good courage, strong patience, and plenty of fire, which will not be difficult for you with the volcanoes you have in your brain." Briefwechsel zwischen Wagner und Liszt, i. 24.