210 ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



which is imprinted the character of a people, the wants of an 

 age, and the colouring of individual feeling), these pages are 

 thoughtfully dedicated. They commemorate, in conformity 

 with the artistic decorations of the surrounding walls, a brilliant 

 epoch in the intellectual life of the Grerman people.' 



And in this brilliant epoch the name of Humboldt also 

 shines in double glory. 



