!The strangest and funniest love letter in history
In 1776 AD, the American ambassador to Paris, Benjamin Franklin, met the widow of the well-known philosopher Helvetius, fell in love with her, and asked for her hand in marriage, but she declined out of respect for her husband.
It was a strong shock to Franklin that prompted him to write this letter to her, which historians agree is the most beautiful and creative love letter in the history of love.
He says to her in his letter:
Dear Madam ..!
Your frankness with me about your intention to remain a single widow until you inflicted on your husband was a severe blow that I could not withstand. You left me shocked and disturbed, and I went from bitter grief to deadly despair. And I was unable to sleep.
So I took heavy sleep and collapsed on the bed to escape from the bitter truth...
As the sleeper saw, I saw myself transported to the other world I began to search for it in confusion and eagerness, as if someone were searching for a lost loved one.
Suddenly, I saw in front of me a beautiful angel who came forward and asked me about my destination. I told him, “I want the Philosophers’ Corner.” He said, “There at the end of the garden live two philosophers, Socrates and Helvetius.”
The noble angel led me to the place where your husband Helvétius resides, who rose and received me with goodwill and welcome. He began to ask me about war, religion, and freedom, and I answered him, with every desire that he would stop asking his questions so that I could ask him the question for which I came..!
Finally I asked him:
You asked me with great interest about all the people and you did not ask me about your life partner???
He exhaled and said: You are bringing me back to the memories of the past that a person must forget here in order to live happily..!
The circumstances here forced me to forget her and marry a beautiful woman who strives to make me happy with every effort!!
I was impressed, ma'am, by your loyalty to him!
I said to him: Your wife on earth is more loyal than you.. because she does not want a man to touch her after you. I loved her and asked for her hand, but she rejected me out of loyalty to your memory..!
Here I saw Mr. Helvétius smiling with pity, saying, “I pity you and her situation...!”
The door opened and his wife entered the other world.. How surprised I was when I found that she was my late wife from this world..!!
I rubbed my eyes, deceiving myself. Then I asked her:
Didn't you swear to be mine alone?!
She answered me coldly: I have been a good wife to you for 29 years in this world.. But here we are in another world.. I met a man with whom the heavens linked my fate!!
Truth be told, I was shocked by her cold response and attacked her to hit her, so I woke up from my dream.. but.. I still have the power to take revenge on her while I am awake..
But you can take revenge on your husband as well.
Come on, my dear, we will take revenge on them together....!!
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