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inspiration ? From Berlin, while we have a minister at 

 the Diet, whom at this day we pretend never to have 

 recognised. How are these things to be reconciled ? 

 "We shall have a similar fate with our three ultramarine 

 possessions, the Jade, the Zollern, discovered by Colum- 

 bus Stillfried, and Neufchatel. I feel for the Constanti- 

 nopolitan Pourtales, who finds himself involved in an 

 awkward conflict between his dynasty (the Prussian 



earldom) and his official liberalism. It is fortunate that 







the mouth of the English Parliament is still closed. 



Your faithful A. v. HUMBOLDT. 



177. 



THE PRUSSIAN MINISTER RESIDENT, YON GEROLT, 

 TO HUMBOLDT. 



NEW YORK, August 25th, 1856. 

 My MOST DEAK AND HONORED PATRON! 



Since my last letter to your Excellency, of the 8th 

 inst., I was made happy by your favor of the 27th of 

 July, from which I learn, with the most sincere regret, 

 of your temporary indisposition. For the information 

 it contains I return your Excellency my most hearty 

 thanks, and hasten to comply with your wish by send- 

 ing two extracts from papers published here (the " New 



