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humano. Si Dios se cansa de las monarquias, dara 

 otra forma al mundo. 



Le Dieu du ciel est trop jaloux pour suffrir un com- 

 pagnon dans une chose quelconque : il est outre de 

 tout abus du pouvoir humain. Si Dieu se lasse des 

 monarchies, il donnera au monde (politique) une autre 

 forme. 



A. HUMBOLDT. 



CI. 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



Potsdam, October 2nd, 1845. 



I kept that strange little note, with the prophecy, 

 "qiie Dios se cansera de los Keyes" on my table for 

 several days, with the intention, my dear friend, of 

 bringing it to you. Whenever I find anything of deep 

 meaning during my late and solitary night studies in 

 this palace, I always think of you. Having been 

 prevented by the arrangement " of the modus of 

 Billow's resignation" from visiting you, my dear 

 friend, I determined to send you the paper in an 

 envelope. You must attribute it to the great indig- 

 nation excited in me by the general state of our public 

 affairs. Each day brings something worse, and where 

 the future threateningly lowers, the greatest careless- 

 ness prevails. 



I have just come from Tegel, where they will be 

 glad to see you. They beg you, particularly during 

 next winter, very often to gladden their house with 

 your presence. 



OneDoctor Cross says, in a long article in the " West- 

 minster Review," that the style of " Kosmos" was prolix 



