STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1221, sig. 109-4/975

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13 who will give glory, but here also let your goodness of heart prevail, which in this case must not mean weakness, but rather a noble deed and true heart formation. Here, too, we want to mention the individuality of our good women, who were accepted from respected and respected families in the Austro-Hungarian army without any danger, and who did not leave us when we lost our position as beggars in the collapse of Austria . . they gave us their lives, they sacrificed themselves, and they stand with the other guilty, put into a sack of humiliations, close to divorce and even to emigration. This is their lot and thanks for not leaving us in difficult times and for us to enter a bitter lot next to women who are disqualified, with a shame on their breasts, to meet the ruin of their family happiness . . . This is what it looks like in our hearts; we live in constant rest and excitement, banishing the future, and this at a high age when we should enjoy the fruits of our work in life. You also want to take into account that our women have assimilated themselves through decades of living together, have been baptized in the youth, have distanced themselves from the cult community and today share our principles of life and life views. There are heart-shaking examples to which man's hardness and uncompromisingness must also give way: the man, severely wounded, still bears the consequences of his wound, cared for by his wife, who sacrificed everything and did not deviate from the side of this invalid. Is it possible that 43 è 3080