21.HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN.
Berlin,Saturday, 23d of May, 1835.
Berlin,Saturday, 23d of May, 1835.
Berlin,Saturday, 23d of May, 1835.
Berlin,Saturday, 23d of May, 1835.
If the “Morgenblatt” of the 18th of May should fall into your hands, dear friend, please glance at a rather offensive article therein, entitled “Wilhelm von Humboldt’s Funeral.” My brother is said to have died abandoned by his family. I take but little notice of such misrepresentations. I should wish to know, however, is “that other thing” which my brother was “ignorant of, besides music, and which one dare not name”—is it God, or some lewdness? I do not know what it possibly can be! Please, dearest one, to find out how this assertion is explained by the public. The cause of my brother’s retiring from public life is also so world-known, that it is singular to intimate that one did not know whether it was by his own fault. I call with pleasure on your acuteness and affection. Supply my deficiency in the first.
Most thankfully yours,A. Humboldt.
Most thankfully yours,A. Humboldt.
Most thankfully yours,A. Humboldt.
Most thankfully yours,
A. Humboldt.