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thanking me very cordially for my frank exposition does 

 him much honor. 



I did not go to Potsdam to-day, because I wished to 

 advocate in the full board of the Academy the election 

 of Mr. Riess, the Jewish philosopher, as a member. 

 His election is very honorable to the Academy. There 

 were only three black balls. 



To-morrow I shall be with the King till Sunday. I 

 will try to hunt up some interesting autograph some- 

 thing poetical (by Wilhelm von Humboldt) for Stutt- 

 gart. All that I possess are unfortunately but copies. 



Take care of your health, dear friend, it is not firmly 

 restored. 



Yours, A. v. HUMBOLDT. 



THURSDAY NIGHT. 



68. 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEff. 



BERLIN, June 21th, 1842. 



YOUB kind remembrance, honored and gifted friend, 

 was very beneficial to me the more so, as I have 

 returned from Sans Souci rather unwell, affected by a 

 cold; and as lam involved in all the miseries of moving 

 into a detestable house in the Siberian ward of the city, 



