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ism in an address to him. Professors, he said, have no 

 country at all. Professors, prostitutes, and dancers may 

 be had every where for money ; they go to the highest 

 bidder. What a shame to call such a fellow a German 

 Prince ! 



With faithful attachment, yours, A. HT. 



WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 



67. 



HUMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, April *lth, 1842. 



OUR unknown friend is very amiable. I have lost all 

 apprehension. You have a balm for every wound. I 

 will show you, with pleasure, the few lines, which fell, 

 as it was intended they should, into the King's hands 

 on the following morning. I chose that circuitous way, 

 because it enabled me to write more freely, and to 

 openly show my dissatisfaction. The thing is now in a 

 better way, but it is not yet irrevocably dismissed. I 

 must entreat you, therefore, most fervently, not to give 

 the lines in question out of your hand. They would 

 irrevocably be inserted in the papers, and that would 

 seriously injure my efforts in a good and important cause. 



The King sent for me at a very early hour ; and his 



