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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{letterhead<br /> |Date=4/16 December 1892<br /> |To=[[John Peile]]<br /> |Place=[[Saint Petersburg]]<br /> |Language=French<br /> |Autograph=[[Cambridge]] (England): {{GB-Cu}}<br /> |Publication={{bib|1980/112|Stanford, the Cambridge Jubilee, and Tchaikovsky}} (1980), p. 267 (English translation)&lt;br/&gt;{{bibx|2000/22|Tschaikowsky-Gesellschaft Mitteilungen}}, Heft 7 (2000), p. 44<br /> }}<br /> ==Text and Translation==<br /> {{Lettertext<br /> |Language=French<br /> |Translator=Brett Langston<br /> |Original text={{right|St. {{sic|Pétersbourgh|Petersbourg}}&lt;br/&gt;16/4 Décembre [18]92}}<br /> {{centre|Monsieur le Vice-Chancelier!}}<br /> Il serait difficile d&#039;exprimer par {{sic|ecrit|écrit}} combien j&#039;ai été fier et heureux de lire les lignes que Vous avez bien voulu me tracer. L&#039;insigne honneur, dont le Conseil Académique de l&#039;Universite de Cambridge a l&#039;intention de me combler, est trop grand, trop flatteur, pour que je ne m&#039;empresse, à la date que Vous aurez la bonté de me désigner, de venir le recevoir personnellement de Vos mains.<br /> <br /> J&#039;ai donc l&#039;honneur de Vous annoncer que si le bon Dieu me {{sic|prète|prête}} vie et santé, je viendrai à Cambridge dans la premiere {{sic|quainzaine|quinzaine}} de Juin prochain.<br /> <br /> En attendant, veuillez, Monsieur le Chancelier, agreer l&#039;expression de la haute estime et du dévouement de Votre serviteur<br /> {{right|P. Tschaïkovsky}}<br /> Prière d&#039;adresser lettres ou {{sic|dépèches|dépêches}} à P. Jurgenson, Moscou pour remettre à {{nowrap|P. T—y.}}<br /> <br /> |Translated text={{right|[[Saint Petersburg]]&lt;br/&gt;16/4 December 1892}}<br /> {{centre|Mister Vice-Chancellor!}}<br /> It would be difficult to express in writing how proud and delighted I was to read the lines that you kindly penned me. The distinct honour that the Academic Council of the University of [[Cambridge]] intends to grant me, is so great and so flattering, that I have no hesitation in coming personally to take your hands on the date you have been kind enough to designate.<br /> <br /> So I have the honour of informing you that if the good Lord wills me vitality and health, I shall come to [[Cambridge]] in the first half of next June.<br /> <br /> In the meantime, Mr Chancellor, please be assured of the greatest respect and devotion of your servant<br /> {{right|P. Tchaikovsky}}<br /> Please send letters or dispatches to [[P. Jurgenson]], [[Moscow]], for forwarding to {{nowrap|P. T—y.}}<br /> }}</div>

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