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by them with many of their writings and tracts. But 

 the last number of the "Herald of Peace" is so remark- 

 able on account of the political movement of the pietis- 

 tic peace Quakers, that perhaps it will amuse you for 

 one moment, my dear friend, to read for yourself the 

 testimonies. Destroy the sheet ! 



The missive, at the same time, is intended for a sign 

 of life, that is, of most intimate and faithful friendship 

 for you in these sad times of weakness and folly. I 

 have disentangled myself from the new " Stahl-Ranke " 

 council, for reasons which are not those of old age ; I 

 resigned. I add an unkempt letter of poor Bunsen, 

 which you must keep quite secret, and send it to me, if 

 there is an opportunity, to my Berlin residence. First 

 Heidelberg and afterwards Bonn, constantly vibrating 

 between the perturbating recollections of two arch- 

 bishops. With the dangerous tendency of the noble 

 man for theological dispute, and for his newly-invented 

 apostolic church, under the firm of Hippolytus, a resi- 

 dence in England, that is to say, in the country between 

 London and Oxford (on account of the books), would 

 be more favorable than Bonn. The Anglican High 

 Church, intolerant though it be, is less inconvenient in 

 a free country, than a ministerial church diet in Prussia. 

 Moreover, in the interest of Bunsen's scientific repu- 

 tation, I look forward with dread to the impending 

 productions, full of hypotheses on aboriginal nations, 



