58 Humboldt's Letters. 



239. 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEff. 



MONDAY, May BQth, 1837. 



You can, my revered friend, dispose entirely of the 

 volume of the Academy until I shall procure you a copy 

 for yourself. I am particularly pleased with the com- 

 munication to the ingenious Gans. The historical stu- 

 dies of Hegel will interest me particularly, because, until 

 now I nourished a wild prejudice against the idea that 

 each nation individually is bound to represent an idea. 

 In order that the prediction of the philosopher may be 

 fulfilled I shall nevertheless read it attentively, and 

 gladly abandon my prejudice. 



Yours, 



A. v. HUMBOLDT. 



