Humboldt's Letters. 19 



8. 



HUMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



BEELIN, November 21, 1827. 



WEDNESDAY, AT NIGHT. 



TRUSTING more to your friendship for me and to my 

 memoranda, which always guide me in my lectures, 

 than to the notes taken by the students, I send you 

 herewith the entire fifth lecture, together with to-day's 

 recapitulation. I am sure, you will not find anything 

 anti-philosophical therein. You may make whatever 

 use you like of them except a copy for publication 

 please send them back before Saturday. That the 

 memoranda were made for my own use only, you will 

 observe by the confusion in their composition the 

 desire, however, to be always frank, makes me forget 

 any consideration which vanity could suggest.* 



A. HUMBOLDT. 



* The memoranda were intended to be communicated to Professor 

 Hegel, who was told that Humboldt had indulged in attacks on Phi- 

 losophy in his lectures. 



