A mighty instructor
Currently, a great many people sound less enthusiastic about letter writing and reading. What makes them show such apathy? It seems that the advantage of current mobile text option and our less cognizance of the importance as well past contribution of letters are responsible for this apathy. If we look 200-250 years back, we find mankind is heavily indebted to letter writers. History says people of the 17th century were more enthusiastic about writing letters. The reason behind this enthusiasm is that very few mediums at that time were as instructive or communicative as letter. Samuel Richardson's "Familiar Letters" 91739) is a luminous example which serves as a model for uneducated in its correspondence. Another thing needs mentioning that Novel, the most popular genre of modern literature, got its origin from the compilation of letters. "Pamela" (1741) by Samuel Richardson is the evidence where we detect a series of letters that serve to instruct pretty girls how to avoid the snares that might be laid down against their virtue. Add to all, letter has another connotation in literature as in some cases letters got transformed into poetry, Elizabeth Barret Browning's "Sonnet from Portuguese," a renowned sonnet-sequence in English literature, is originally nothing but a mere collection of passionate and amorous letters addressed to her sweet-heart Robert Browning.
In fine, it is worth-mentioning that letter is a mighty instructor of mankind. Though modern mobile's text sending option enriches our communication system, by no stretch of imagination can it be accepted to be as useful as letter.
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