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clines a proposal of Father Thomas 

 Murphy on behalf of the Mexican 

 Government, 49. His dislike of 

 political society, 49. Counsels the 

 Mexican Government against a 

 platinum coinage, 49. Declines to 

 be regarded merely as a foreigner at 

 Paris, 50. Declines a proposition 

 to become a candidate for the vice- 

 presidency of the Geographical So- 

 ciety of Paris, 50. His letter to 

 Malte-Brun on the subject, 50, 51. 

 Dislikes to be mentioned in connection 

 with political events, 50, 51. His 

 sympathy with the scientific ex- 

 plorers in Egypt, 54. His letters to 

 Jomard, Champollion, and Letronne, 

 54, 55. His industry and his sys- 

 tematic employment of his time, 55. 

 His daily routine, 55, 56. His resi- 

 dences', in Paris and in Berlin, 55, 56. 

 Brings out his ' Examen critique,' 56. 

 Karl Vogt's account, 56. Quetelet's 

 account, 57. Enjoys the society of his 

 friend Arago, 58. Incident of their 

 discussions, 58. His witticisms, 58, 

 note. Recollections of Dorow, 59. 

 Letter to Dorow, 59. Humboldt's kind- 

 ness to Germans in Paris, 60. And to 

 Klaproth, and others, 60. His letter 

 to Gauss, 63. Outline of the events 

 of this portion of his career, 66. 

 Studies the Persian language, 66. 

 Accompanies the King of Prussia to 

 London, 68. Visits England, ac- 

 companied by Valenciennes and 

 Arago, 69. Attends the King of 

 Prussia at the Congress of Aix-la- 

 Chapelle, 69. Attends the King at 

 the Congress of Verona, 69. His 

 lectures on Physical Geography, 69. 

 Makes three more ascents of Vesu- 

 vius, 69. Returns with the King to 

 Berlin, 70. Determines to take up 

 his residence at Berlin, 70. Bids 

 adieu to Paris, 70. Collects material 

 for the last volume of 'Cosmos,' 71. 

 Advance of his age, 75. Refers 

 to himself as an ' antediluvian,' and 

 to his gradual ' petrifaction,' 76. 

 Drawing by Kaulbach of Humboldt 

 as Atlas, the supporter of the Uni- 

 verse, 77, note. Reasons why 

 Humboldt should wish to please the 

 King, 79. Remarks of the 'Berliner 

 Conversationsblatt ' upon his re- 

 turn, 84, 85. His loss at Berlin com- 

 pared with Paris, 87. Incident re- 

 lated by Holtei, 89. His letter to 

 Gauss, 90. His residence in Berlin 



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could not be regarded as a gain, 93. 

 Accompanies the King to Berlin, 94, 

 95. Treated by the King with marked 

 favour and distinction, 94. His 'Chro- 

 nological order of the Events of my 

 Life,' 95, note. His position at Court, 

 97. Allowed to spend four months of 

 the year in Paris, 98. Delivers a 

 lecture before the Academy in Berlin, 

 99. Holtei's remarks on Humboldt's 

 residence in Paris, 100. Travels to 

 London with Baron von Billow, 100. 

 Returns to Berlin, 101. Letter from 

 Bessel, 101. His enemies amid the 

 surroundings of the Court, 102. His 

 position of useful activity, 102-104. 

 His encomium of the Greeks in their 

 struggle for liberty, 104. Flatter- 

 ing tokens of the King's confidence, 

 ii. 105. Appointed cicerone to 

 Bunsen, 106. Holtei's account of 

 Humboldt in society, 107. His lec- 

 tures in Paris on physical geogra- 

 phy, 111. His lectures in Berlin, 

 111-113. His first conception of 

 'Cosmos,' 112, 113. His allusion 

 to Ritter and 'protest against 

 Hegel,' 114. His lectures upon 

 the incitements to the study of 

 nature, 115. Public applause of, 



116. Fame of his lectures, 117. 

 Free admission at his public lectures, 



117. His lectures in the music hall, 

 119. Medal presented to him, 121. 

 Practical results of his lectures, 123. 

 His letter to Raumer, 125. The 

 Baron 'von Cotta's proposal, 126. 

 Picture of his painstaking labour 

 bestowed upon ' Cosmos,' 127. His 

 opening address at the Scientific As- 

 sociation, 130. His observations on 

 the intellectual wealth of Germany, 

 133. Gives a tea at the theatre, 137. 

 Success of the meeting, 138. His 

 letter to Cancrin, 141. His magnetic 

 observations, 147, 149. His interest 

 in the proceedings of the Geo- 

 graphical Society of Berlin, 149. 

 Visits Freiesleben and Reich, at 

 Freiberg, 149. His absence on the 

 Asiatic expedition, 149. His corre- 

 spondence with Count Cancrin, 149. 

 Works up the result of the Asiatic 

 expedition, 150. His relationship 

 with the Government and Court of 

 St. Petersburg, 151. Letter from 

 the King to him, 151. At Warsaw, 

 152, 153. Affection of the two 

 brothers, 154. Refuses to accept a 

 post at the Museum, 158. Takes a 



