49.GUIZOT TO HUMBOLDT.
London,August 24, 1840.
London,August 24, 1840.
London,August 24, 1840.
London,August 24, 1840.
Monsieur le Baron:
Monsieur le Baron:
Monsieur le Baron:
Monsieur le Baron:
It was very amiable indeed in you to have thought of sending me the two new volumes of your brother’s works. I thank you not only for this gift, in itself so very valuable, but also for your remembrance which is at least equally dear to me. I hope that notwithstanding all our affairs, for they are yours as well as mine, I shall manage to read something of this great work. I should like to employ my time in so complete and varied a manner as you occupy yours. Preserve a little of it for the advancement of a good and a wise policy, which though it already owes you much, still needs you.
I envy Baron von Bülow the pleasure of seeing you. I regret extremely losing his society in London. Conversation—genuine conversation—profound, pregnant, and free, is very scarce among us. His I shall miss very much. I should like to go some day to see you at your home, to visit your country, in which, beyond all others, human intellect acts the greatest part, and to seeyour new King, who is worthy, it is said, of such a country. In the meanwhile, Monsieur le Baron, pray preserve for me your old kindness and believe in the lasting sincerity of the sentiments which long ago I conceived for you.
Guizot.
Guizot.
Guizot.
Guizot.
Note of Humboldt.—Received at Königsberg during the festivals.
Note of Humboldt.—Received at Königsberg during the festivals.
Note of Humboldt.—Received at Königsberg during the festivals.
Note of Humboldt.—Received at Königsberg during the festivals.
A. von Humboldt.
A. von Humboldt.
A. von Humboldt.
A. von Humboldt.