47. To The Monk Maurice.
154 The Letters of St. Anselm they see no vanity1 and by constant effort keep them fixed on truth. c. 1074/75.
NOTES 1. Ps 118:37.
47. TO THE MONK MAURICE.
Anselm thanks Maurice, who is at Canterbury, for his present and assures him of his continual love.
TO HIS MOST BELOVED FRIEND AND BROTHER, AND SINCE THIS
SOUNDS MORE AFFECTIONATE, MOST BELOVED SON MAURICE:
BROTHER ANSELM SENDS GREETING.
I RECEIVED THE PRECIOUS GIFT of your precious love for me with that charity with which it was sent, and in order
[to have] a fuller reminder of you by using it, as you re quest, I have resolved that it should remain with me always.
I say this not so much that I may receive another gift as you promise, but rather because I know I can please you in this way and you indicate this by what you say. In exchange
I would give you thanks in writing, did you not know that I was always prepared to give you more even before there was anything I could repay. For I have always been and am now prepared to devote myself to you and do whatever
I can for you. The bearer is in haste and I am forced to hold back the words bursting from my soul. This however I add: what I have been for you, this I shall continue to be.
Farewell. c. 1074/75.