135.HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN.
Potsdam,August 16th, 1849.
Potsdam,August 16th, 1849.
Potsdam,August 16th, 1849.
Potsdam,August 16th, 1849.
Whenever I enjoy the fancy of having written a few lines grateful to my ears, I always ask myself whether they would also please you, my valued friend. You know, or rather you do not know, that the Princess of Prussia has deposited a splendid album, with numerous autographs and painted initials, in those halls of the Chateau at Weimar which have been dedicated to Goethe, Schiller, and to Herder and Wieland, maligned by Schiller in his letters to Koerner. I have been compelled to write a preface, which Galuski has translated quite happily. The Grand-Duchess desired a French version for the benefit of foreign travellers who might open the album. Look upon this little memento of your friend with indulgence. There is blood on the horizon, and it makes me sad. I need not remind you of the friendship and esteem of
Yours,A. v. Humboldt.
Yours,A. v. Humboldt.
Yours,A. v. Humboldt.
Yours,
A. v. Humboldt.
Sunday.
Sunday.
Sunday.
Sunday.