Dear Niece Angel, - Thank you for your words of condolence in the death of [[w:Sina Mesdag-van Houten|my loved one - Wife]. At the funeral it turned out again how much she is honored and loved by all. She was the sun in my life, and although painfully affected, I remember in silent melancholy the many years that I might kept her. Fortunately, the end has been calm and quiet and because of this she has been spared for even greater pains by her illness (calcification of the arteries). I hope to find in my work consolation and distraction for the irreparable loss.- With friendly greetings Your affectionate Nephew HW Mesdag (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Dear Niece Angel, - Thank you for your words of condolence in the death of [[w:Sina Mesdag-van Houten|my loved one - Wife]. At the funeral it turned out again how much she is honored and loved by all. She was the sun in my life, and although painfully affected, I remember in silent melancholy the many years that I might kept her. Fortunately, the end has been calm and quiet and because of this she has been spared for even greater pains by her illness (calcification of the arteries). I hope to find in my work consolation and distraction for the irreparable loss.- With friendly greetings Your affectionate Nephew HW Mesdag (translation from original Dutch: Fons Heijnsbroek)" in the context of "(original Dutch: citaat van Hendrik Willem Mesdag brief, in het Nederlands:) Beste Nicht Engeltje.. Vriendelijken dank voor uwe woorden van deelneming bij het overlijden van mijne dierbare - Echtgenoot. Bij de begrafenis is het op nieuw gebleken hoezeer zij door allen word geeerd en bemind. Zij was de zon in mijn leven en ofschoon smartelijk getroffen herdenk in stille weemoed de lange tijd dat ik haar mogt behouden. Gelukkig is het einde kalm en rustig geweest en daardoor is zij bespaard gebleven voor nog grootere pijnen aan hare ziekte (verkalking der slagaders). Ik hoop in mijn werk troost en afleiding te vinden voor het onherstelbaar verlies.- Met vriendschappelijke groete Uw toegenegen Neef HW Mesdag
 • Quote from a short letter of Mesdag, ’s Gravenhage 2 April 1909, to his niece Engeltje de Haan-Mesdag; from the original text in Dutch R.K.D. Archive, The Hague" to mean that wisdom is timeless.