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ledge, which I had not expected of the man. Numerous 

 citations indicate a great preference for the views of my 

 brother. The Slavonic passage in regard to the Messiah 

 is also remarkable, and the notes present a rich collec- 

 tion of antiquities. I should not look for anything of 

 the sort from President Gerlach and his brother, to 

 whom Professor Gelzer of Basle, and others, of opinions 

 opposite to his, have been officially referred in the 

 Neufchatel negotiations. If Lasaulx is not agreeable to 

 you on account of his wishes for the restoration of the 

 ancient German empire, you may find it interesting to 

 skim over the work, and glance at the notes. 



My cutaneous disease is much better, as also my noc- 

 turnal diligence. The fourth and last volume of Kos- 

 mos will consist of two pans, i. 6., of two volumes, each 

 of thirty-five sheets, the first of which has already left 

 the press. Both the parts, however, are to appear 

 together, to avoid spoiling the effect of a continuous 

 description, beginning with the internal warmth of the 

 earth, and ending with the different races of man. 



The presumptuous want of caution with which the 

 pitiful Neufchatel affair is carried on here, exposes Prus- 

 sia to great humiliation at Paris. Waterloo will be 

 avenged on Prussia as it has been on Russia. 

 Yours most truly, 



A. v. HT. 



