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You know our country too well for me to tell you what 

 important and always honorable part has been sustained 

 by M. Duvergier de Hauranne in our assemblies, where 

 he has ever been faithful to the cause of rational liberty ; 

 and not faithful alone, but eminently useful. Having 

 returned to private life and devoted himself to study, he 

 goes to see your excellent country, and I thought I 

 could not do better than to recommend him to your 

 kindness. To his young son it will be an imperishable 

 recollection to have seen the illustrious savan who does 

 the greatest honor to the century, and whom we French- 

 men have the vanity to consider as French, and belong- 

 ing to us no less than to Germany. 



I do not write on current affairs here, for M. Duver- 

 gier de Hauranne knows them, and can make you 

 acquainted with them better than any other man. 



Accept the renewed homage of my respectful attach- 

 ment. A. THIEES. 



sis. 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



BERLIN, June 19th, 1857. 



To my greatest joy, a beautiful portrait of yourself 

 was brought me by Mr. Richard Zeune, during an 

 excursion to Tegel. I know not which most to admire, 



