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on Spanish America, and thus become worthy of your 

 attention. I do not dare to express the intense anxiety 

 with which I look forward to the appearance of the 

 second volume of " Kosmos." May that Heaven, whose 

 roving oceans of light and sidereal terraces you have so 

 ably described, be pleased to preserve you to your 

 country, to the world, and to " Kosmos " itself, for many 

 years, in undisturbed vigor of mind and body. This is 

 the sincere wish of your 



Very devoted, ALBERT. 



133. 



HUMBOLDT TO YAENHAGEN. 



BERLIN, February 21th, 1847. 



HERE, at last, is my thankful letter to Carriere, con- 

 taining three warm recommendations. 



You were right in reprimanding me as to my extreme 

 severity against the man of the " sidereal terraces." I 

 am severe only to the mighty ones of the earth, and 

 this man impressed me very uncomfortably at Stolzen- 

 fels : " I know you feel great compassion for the Poles 

 under the Russian sceptre ; but, I am sorry to say, the 

 Poles, are as little deserving of our sympathy as the 

 Irish." "Mini dixit ;" and one is the handsome hus- 

 band of the Queen of Great Britain ! 



