Richard Wagner to Felix Mendelssohn
January 10, 1844 · Berlin
Wagner writes affectionately to Mendelssohn after his Berlin visit, expressing pleasure that Mendelssohn feels kindly toward him. He says that coming somewhat closer to Mendelssohn has been the happiest event of the entire trip.
My dear, dear Mendelssohn! I am really glad that you have a kindness for me. To have drawn a little nearer to you is to me the happiest incident of my whole Berlin expedition.
Richard Wagner
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner, Volume 1, ed. Altmann/Hull (London: Dent, 1927), No. 103