"_Heiligenstadt, 6th October_, 1802."
"_Heiligenstadt, 10th October, 1802._--So I take leave of thee sorrowfully
enough. Even the cherished hope, which I brought here with me of being
cured, at least to a certain extent, has now utterly forsaken me. It
has faded like the fallen leaves of autumn. Almost as I came here so
do I depart. Even the lofty hope that upheld me during the beautiful
summer days has vanished. O Providence! let one more day of pure joy be
vouchsafed to me. The echo of true happiness has so long been a stranger
to my heart!--When, when, O God! shall I again be able to feel it in the
temple of nature and of man? Never?--no!--O that were too hard!"
[Illustration: FIGURE OF BEETHOVEN ON VIENNA MONUMENT.