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favorable for our journey north. Such journeys are the 

 best means to deceive princes regarding public opinion. 

 I have made a little speech, out of a window, to the 

 young men upon " The intellectual ties" which inde- 

 pendent of " space" beget a just interpretation of liberal 

 ideas, and an unfading confidence in the advancement 

 of humanity. You may read the speech in the Staats 

 Zeitung, as I wrote it down after delivery, a necessary 

 precaution, as my daily increasing friends would have 

 perverted it. I read a part of "Custine" to the King. 

 He is infinitely ingenious and magnificent in style. I 

 have read but two volumes, and of these I prefer the 

 first, which portrays a modern greatness of tragical 

 events in a masterly manner. 



With devotion, yours, 



A. V. HUMBOLDT. 



Please send me back Eckermann. 



73. 

 HUMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



TUESDAY, June 2 7 to, 1843. 



I AM afraid, my dear friend, that you might come to 

 Tegel next Thursday and find nobody at home. Buelow 



