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of place here, because the secret of such successes lies in 

 the clearness of intellect and the intensity of your feel- 

 ings. The whole world, as it is at present, is reflected in 

 your " Held." Zerboni's letter on the bloody tragedy in 

 the streets of Breslau, is as eloquently written as it is 

 heart-rending. Such things, however, can't deter our 

 dull, fanatical, white-livered Polignacs. They will 

 attempt to confirm the first deed of violence and bru- 

 tality by subsequent ones more systematically devised 

 and all this under the reign of such a King ! I am very 

 angry and deeply affected. 



MONDAY MORNING. A. v. HUMBOLDT. 



As I shall have no time for reading during my hasty 

 journey, I have left the instructive book for a few days 

 to Buelow's, at Tegel. 



97. 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, THURSDAY, September 4th, 1845. 

 I AVAIL myself of the first moments of my return from 

 Potsdam to joyfully congratulate you on the good effect 

 of the waters on your health. On account of the domes- 



