372 Humboldt's Letters. 



The bearer is for the present immersed in the abyss of 

 my archives. As soon as I shall return from Hanover, 

 where an invitation will detain me a few days,* to seek 

 him out, awaiting further developments at the hand of 

 time, like the people at the gate of the oracle. 



Analogies lead me from deep to lower deep, and then 

 I descend from the archives to the bottom of the sea. 

 How am I to obtain the map of which you wrote ? 

 When I inquired for it in Gotha, some time ago, the 

 inquiry was futile. So I return to the source, ever rich 

 and bounteous, of whom I subscribe myself the most 

 grateful and obedient 



CHARLES ALEXANDER. 

 VIENNA, April 22d, 1857. 



SOS. 

 HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, May 28th, 1857. 



I AM uneasy, my dear friend, about Weimar. The 

 Grand Duke is everywhere, except in Weimar "Athens." 

 What will become of our warmly recommended ? Has 

 he been spoken to by the eloquent Prince ? You have 

 not wished me joy to the order bestowed upon me by 



* An ellipse, probably of Grand Ducal origin. TV. 



