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as they always are, make science accessible to a great 

 many persons, and establish useful connexions between 

 men of great merit who might otherwise remain unac- 

 quainted. 



We were told some time ago that you intended 

 descending into Italy. This would have afforded us the 

 utmost happiness, and you would have been received as 

 the true protector of natural science. 



Believe me always yours, LEOPOLD. 



GO. 



HUMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



2d September, 1844. 



IF Dr. Prutz, at Halle, in his obnoxious " Moritz," 

 had said nothing more than what he puts in the mouth 

 of the clown (page 40), who, speaking of the people, 

 " One should give them two morsels, so that they may 

 wag their tails and crawl back into their cold kennels ;" 

 and at page 53, the poetically fine lines "I conjure you, 

 ye future monarchs," one would understand how that 

 wonderful drama, in which Moritz contrives to plunge 

 all his friends into the water that he may have the 

 pleasure simply of fishing them out, dead or alive, but 



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