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mally intrigued against it, and tried to form in the 

 Mecklenburg and Prussian dynasty an alliance, a cove- 

 nant and obligation, against all marriages with the house 

 of Orleans. There was even talk of a formal protest. 

 All this is the most vehement opposition to the expressed 

 views of the King. Duke Charles is now really sick 

 from annoyance and trouble, not only in this but also 

 in other things. 



J37. 



EUMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, May IQth, 1837. 



AT last, my dear friend, I can send you the volume of 

 the Academical Proceedings, which contains the import- 

 ant treatise on history. I shall soon exchange this bor- 

 rowed volume for another, which you may keep. It 

 seems that there never were separate copies made of 

 this essay. You disappeared so quickly after the last 

 performance, that I fear very much your appearance on 

 that fated day was only a sacrifice to me. I move eter- 

 nally like a pendulum between Potsdam and Berlin. 

 To-morrow again to Potsdam, where we expect, on the 



