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This is for the ones who had to survive and still show up as brilliant, loud, soft, and whole.

The unwanted sorority is where black women, fims, and gender expansive survivors of sexual violence,

rewrite the rules on healing,

support, and what happens after. And I'm your host and co-president of this organization, Dr.

Leah Trettae. Listen to the unwanted sorority, new episodes every Thursday on the IHeartRadio app,

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I weep when I think that you will probably not receive the first news of me until Saturday.

As much as you love me, I love

you even more deeply, but, but never hide yourself from me. Good night, as one bathing, I must go to

sleep. Oh, God, so near, so far, is not our love a true heavenly edifice, but also firm like the firmament?

This is a widely accepted translation of a piece of the second part of Beethoven's famous

immortal beloved letter. This portion in particular weaves together passionate language and specific references

in a way that provides context clues and almost two centuries later still sparks debates

between musicologists, historians, and ardent Beethoven aficionados. In the spirit of classic sonata form,

let's do a quick recap of what we covered in part one.

The immortal beloved letter was found in Beethoven's Vienna estate

after he died in 1827,

and published in 1840 by his secretary, who likely misdated the letter and

misidentified its romantic mark. Further research showed that Beethoven almost certainly wrote the

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