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HUMBOLDT TO YA.RNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, February tta, 1846. 



YESTERDAY afternoon poor Buelow was released from 

 his sufferings. Thursday night, at eleven o'clock, on go- 

 ing to bed, he fell lifeless into the arms of his servant. An 

 apoplexy ! He closed his eyes never to open them again. 

 In the morning a hundred and forty pulses were counted ; 

 bleeding had no effect. His end was, as lately his life was, 

 unconscious. The family is deeply affected ; the event, 

 however, is beneficial. His excellent wife would have 

 been sacrificed. Next Tuesday morning we will carry 

 him, without pageantry, to Tegel, and bury him under 

 the column of the " Statue of Hope." Under the pres- 

 sure of business, caused by this event, and in the midst 

 of letters which I have still to write to Guizot, Metter- 

 nich, and Aberdeen, I can only briefly reply to the 

 heartfelt letter of Madame von Arnim. I have but little 

 hope, that the old folks now reigning at Weimar will 

 appoint either Prutz or Fallersleben. I had formerly 

 thought of Guhrauer, for whom you will also have 

 some predilection to be sure. You know how happy 

 I would have been if Prutz were appointed. I 



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