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HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



Saturday, April 24th, 1841. 



Very sorry, my dear friend, not to have found you ! 

 Correct the title, which I must send off. Of course it 

 is necessary to say " that this is not the lecture of 

 1828," and this sentence I have been wishing to in- 

 troduce aphoristically into the title in smaller type ; 

 such a thing may be unusual after the name, but 

 I wish that you should approve of it. 



HT. 



KOSMOS, 



Entwurf einer physischen "Weltbeschreibung, 



Yon A. VON HUMBOLDT. 



!N"ach Umrissen von Vorlesungen aus den Jahren 1827 und 1828, 

 erweitert und berichtigt durch die Forschungen (Entdeckungen ?) 



der neusten Zeit. 



Naturso vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus 

 momentis fide caret, si quis modo partes ejus ac non 

 totam complectatur animo. Plin. Hist. Nat., lib. 7, 

 c. 1. 



KOSMOS, 

 Outlines of a Physical Description of the "World, 



By A. VON HUMBOLDT. 



After Sketches of Lectures from the Years 1827 and 1828, enlarged 

 and corrected by Eesearches (Discoveries ?) of the latest Times. 



Stuttgart. 



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HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



Wednesday, "28th April, 1841. 



Be very kind and indulgent in reading me. I wish 

 you to have a very complete conception of the compo- 

 sition of my work. In Chap. A,, I have made many 

 improvements. Cast your eye especially over p. 37, and 



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