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Berlin,June 26th, 1843.
Berlin,June 26th, 1843.
Berlin,June 26th, 1843.
Berlin,June 26th, 1843.
I am sure, dear friend, to afford you some enjoyment by communicating to you (to youalone) a fragment of a new volume by Eckermann. Remarkable adoration of youthful vigor as the divine source of productiveness. This is simply the adoration of an old man. Napoleonic worship unrestrained by moral considerations. I most fervently entreat you, not to show the sheet to ourchild, also not to talk with Brockhaus about what Eckermann has confided to me. It might possibly damage him, and he is already unfortunate. I am confident the two last volumes will have come to your hands through Buschmann. The weather was veryfavorable for our journey north. Such journeys are the best means to deceive princes regarding public opinion. I have made a little speech, out of a window, to the young men upon “The intellectual ties”—which independent of “space” beget a just interpretation of liberal ideas, and an unfading confidence in the advancement of humanity. You may read the speech in the Staats Zeitung, as I wrote it down after delivery, a necessary precaution, as my daily increasing friends would have perverted it. I read a part of “Custine” to the King. He is infinitely ingenious and magnificent in style. I have read but two volumes, and of these I prefer the first, which portrays a modern greatness of tragical events in a masterly manner.
With devotion, yours,A. v. Humboldt.
With devotion, yours,A. v. Humboldt.
With devotion, yours,A. v. Humboldt.
With devotion, yours,
A. v. Humboldt.
Please send me back Eckermann.