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148. 

 HUMBOLDT TO VAKNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, February 12th, 1852. 



IT may interest you, dear friend, to see collected on 

 one sheet all the efforts making by the Orleans dynasty 

 to counteract the robbery. The Duchess of Orleans 

 sends the paper by the Princess of Prussia. 



Are you acquainted with a candidate for theological 

 honors, named William S., of Dresden, disguised under 

 the name of Wilfried von der Neun, who torments me 

 by sending aphorisms in manuscript ? 



Yours, A. v. HT. 



Be kind enough to return the enclosed at your early 

 convenience. 



149. 



HTTMBOLDT TO YARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, March 23d, 1852. 



ONE of the many inconveniences of old age is that of 

 liability to attempts at conversion. Do you care to 



