I think there might be legal consequences of publishing someone's private correspondence without their consent. If you aren't the sender or the receiver, I think there are issues with publication—that is, unless it's been 50 to 100+ years since the death of the writer, depending on the country.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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