George SAND (1804-1876). AUTHORIZED MANUSCRIPT;... Lot 41

George SAND (1804-1876). AUTHORIZED MANUSCRIPT; 1 page in-4. One page (numbered 5) of the first of the Letters to Marcie, published on February 12, 1837 in Lamennais' newspaper, Le Monde; it presents some erasures and corrections. "And when you would not find this necessary support for women, your life would be impossible? ...] You have risen above your sex on other occasions. Whenever we do acts of force, we rise above vulgar human nature. You know that great moral destinies are condemned to a kind of isolation, and that the spirit of wisdom, in all times, in all religions, has amply compensated those who withdraw from the common road to enter voluntarily into the inner life....