166.VARNHAGEN TO HUMBOLDT.
Berlin,January 8th, 1855.
Berlin,January 8th, 1855.
Berlin,January 8th, 1855.
Berlin,January 8th, 1855.
I have to thank your Excellency most heartily that, in dispensing bounties, you always think with favor also of me! No one shall surpass me in anxiety to receive, in estimation of the gift, and in gratitude for the noble donor! This preface, at once temperate in form, rich insubstance, and elegiac in tone, is the worthiest and most lasting monument of the prince,[74]of whom I hear on every side accounts which make one mourn his loss in the prime of life. I shall try to procure his work which is so highly recommended by your Excellency.
The gloomy cover of mist which veils the light of day, corresponds with the sentiments by which I at least feel myself weighed down. I have not succeeded in becoming cheerful for some days.
With the warmest wishes for you, in faithful reverence and most grateful submission, immutably
Your Excellency’s most obedient,Varnhagen von Ense.
Your Excellency’s most obedient,Varnhagen von Ense.
Your Excellency’s most obedient,Varnhagen von Ense.
Your Excellency’s most obedient,
Varnhagen von Ense.