Dear Marion,

Thank you for your letter. I agree that language, besides
being a pointer to reality, exhibits also a reality of its own,
a reality akin to the reality of music, which is most apparent
in poetry.

I'm going to keep this letter short. Earlier today I composed
two other essays written with the usual facile fluency, which
might be suitable for a letter.  Maybe even incorporating some
valid ideas. However, I'm dissatisfied, at least tonight, with
my impromptu musings. I would like to be able to write something
more definitive, more scientific, more scholarly than I am able.

Maybe tomorrow, or in a day or two, my self-confidence will have
returned.

Jochen