304 Humboldt's Letters. 



though hitherto without success, is also shouting " Viva 

 el pudor !" He has quite officially demanded a royal 

 order for the imprisonment in the arsenal of the wanton 

 group* which so wantonly disport themselves on the 

 bridge ; all this without fear from the press, since the 

 new press law, promulgated by the Diet at Frankfort, 

 only resembles the ingenious Berlin muzzles, not yet 

 exhibited in the Muenchen Crystal Palace, which 

 prevent authors from biting only, but not from 

 barking. 



The third cry, " Viva la libertad !" has succeeded in 

 the Peninsula, after all, in spite of the disavowals of 

 good society. 



Your faithful A. v. HUMBOLDT. 



AT NIGHT. 



165. 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, July 31s/, 1854. 



ALAS ! no ! I was in error thinking that the monu- 

 ment for Weimar was definitely bought, only that the 

 enlargement of it, desired by our excellent lady friend, 

 was given up. In the circles with which I am acquainted 



* In marble. TV. 



