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esteemed friend, to enrich your archives with an auto- 

 graphy of Thiers, who is now an Orleanist. Duvergier 

 de Hauranne also came here after a pilgrimage to 

 Eisenach. The Duchess is going to England. Preserve 

 both letters, the bad one and that which is simply good. 

 Yours, 



A. v. HT. 



On Saturday I expect to come to Berlin with the King. 

 The Queen is coming on Monday. 



sio. 



CHARLES ALEXANDER, GRAND DUKE OF SAXE- WEIMAR, 

 TO HUMBOLDT. 



ETTERSBURG, June 1, 1857. 



YOUR Excellency has probably learned already, that 

 I have seen, repeatedly conversed with, but finally re- 

 frained from appointing . He interested me, I may say 



he pleased me, but I thought I could not recognise in him 

 the secretary who could not only keep me informed of 

 everything of moment in the spheres of science, art, 

 and literature, but should attend to my correspondence, 

 my intercourse, verbal and social, in various languages ; 

 and to appoint him at hazard I feared to venture. To 



