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By Alexander Von Humboldt

ISBN-10: 0511694032

ISBN-13: 9780511694035

ISBN-10: 110800461X

ISBN-13: 9781108004619

Ludmilla Assing, the niece of Varnhagen von Ense, used to be the editor of this feature of letters from Alexander von Humboldt to her uncle - to who Humboldt had entrusted the protection in their correspondence - within the interval 1827-58. First released in 1860, Letters of Alexander von Humboldt additionally comprises letters from Varnhagen and different unusual correspondents to Humboldt. a few passages from Varnhagen's diary also are incorporated to provide a shiny statement at the letters, which current distinct documents of Humboldt's lifestyles, task, and conduct of suggestion, and comprise fabrics of unquestionable significance for portraying a correct photograph of his brain and personality. the opposite letters inside the quantity illustrate his world wide circle of correspondents. This assortment was once released after the deaths of either Varnhagen and Humboldt. Explanatory notes and an entire index of names accompany this approved translation from the unique German.

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Humboldt to Varnhagen . . 296 CCXIV. Humboldt to Varnhagen . . 298 CCXV. Varnhagen to Humboldt . . 300 CCXVI. Humboldt to Varnhagen . . 301 CCXVII. Humboldt to Varnhagen . . 303 CCXVIII. Humboldt to Varnhagen . . 305 CCXIX. Prince Napoleon to Humboldt . 306 CCXX. Humboldt to Varnhagen . . 308 CCXXI. Humboldt to Varnhagen . 309 CCXXII. Humboldt to Varnhagen . . 310 CCXXIII. Humboldt to Varnhagen . . 311 CCXXIV. Humboldt to Varnhagen . . 312 CCXXV. Humboldt to Ludmilla Assing . 315 HUMBOLDT'S LETTERS.

Take care, I pray you, of your health. A. HUMBOLDT. XIII. HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. Berlin, 3rd December, 1833. Pardon, a thousand times pardon, that I have been so long in sending you back the classical studies of Friedrich Schlegel. I have read them carefully, * Eahel, of whose death Humboldt is here speaking in terms of such infinite grief, requires some notice in this place. She was the wife of Varnhagen von Ense, and exercised great influence in Berlin. During the war of freedom, which preceded the Gongress of Vienna, her exertions in promoting the national cause were unremitting.

Has, like Cardan, a Familiar in a black cloak,* — soberly makes love to old maids, only to convert them to virtue and literature,—and who looks upon the fate of German professors under German prmces as more tragical than that of the Greeks. The "Church Gazette "f will not number him among believers; and the Schimmelmanns4 my friend, will not give you much thanks for a book which recalls the Saturnalia of a sentimental Danish-Holstein mob. I am delighted beyond measure that you are going to take Hardenberg§ in hand—a difficult, but grateful, task, if you can only discriminate between the various epochs, and party spirit will, for once, be quiet.

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