Is it presumption in me to write thus?
Have you ever given me a right to speak in these words?
I do not know.

I do not care.

Man has a right to be grateful.

It is the first and most divine right I possess, to feel and to express my gratitude.

For out of the store of your kindness shown me when I was in the world, strong and happy in the privilege of your society, I have drawn healing medicine in my sickness, as tormented souls in purgatory get refreshment from the prayers of good and kind people who remember them on earth.