12.HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN.
Saturday,March 9th, 1833.
Saturday,March 9th, 1833.
Saturday,March 9th, 1833.
Saturday,March 9th, 1833.
To a mind like yours, noble friend, solitude and calm are necessary. You draw only upon yourself. Think, that I received the painful news[9]only last night by Prince Carolath. You know what a warm-hearted, long-proved, and kind friend I lost in her, the honor of her sex! how amiable she was, when lately she instructed me to transact the little business with Beuth. So experienced in all the vicissitudes and illusions of life, and yet so cheerful, and so gentle! With such an intellect, so full of soul, and so true of heart! The world will appear to you a solitude for a long time, but the consciousness of having imparted to such a lovely woman, until her very last breath, all that genius, and heart, and gracefulness of intercourse like yours can afford, will be a balm to your wound, dear Varnhagen. I conjure you, take care of your health!
A. Humboldt.
A. Humboldt.
A. Humboldt.
A. Humboldt.