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your new King, who is worthy, it is said, of such a 

 country. In the meanwhile, Monsieur le Baron, pray pre- 

 serve for me your old kindness and believe in the lasting 

 sincerity of the sentiments which long ago I conceived 

 for you. 



GUIZOT. 



NOTE OP HUMBOLDT. Received at Konigsberg during the festivals. 



A. VON HUMBOLDT. 



50. 



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ARAGO TO HUMBOLDT. 



PARIS, March llth, 1841. 



I MUST not, I will not, believe that you asked me 

 seriously whether I should look forward to your journey 

 to Paris with pleasure. Could it be that you ever 

 doubted my invariable attachment ? Be it known to you 

 that I should consider the slightest doubt upon this 

 point a most cruel offence. Beyond the immediate circle 

 of my own family you are, without comparison, the per- 

 son whom, of all others, I love the most dearly. But 

 you must be resigned to the duties of this position, as 

 you are of my friends the only one to whom I would 

 look in my difficulties. 



