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Miiller, because a complaint was made by Prussia to 

 the Court of Weimar of his having permitted a 

 Journal which was interdicted here, to be read in one 

 of the Weimar Clubs ! ! The Court of Weimar sent a 

 dignified reply ; but it seems to me hardly probable 

 that it would appoint either Prutz or Fallersleben. 

 Credat Judtsus Apella. Pardon, to-day, my dear 

 friend, this confused writing. 



Your, 

 Saturday. A. HT. 



CYII. 



HUMBOLDT TO YARNHA&EN. 



Berlin, 2Qtk February, 1846. 



Can you guess, my dear friend, who sent me this 

 remarkable pamphlet ? Do you guess anything from 



the seal, and the name on the address, "M ?" Is 



that the author, and to what journal may the article 

 belong ? Profound it certainly is not, nor does it show 

 any great political penetration. The passage on p. 8 

 the author has himself underlined, and this very pas- 

 sage contains a contradiction ! Prussia ought to find 

 unity in an American-like confederation. The passages 

 (on p. 3) referring to Friedrich II. and his works, and 

 " Kant a Guillotine," p. 5, are exactly in the style of 

 Minister Thile. I was indignant at both of them. 

 The author knows the name of everybody; all the 

 scandal of the street-porters (Eckensteler) is affected at 

 the liberalism of Bodelschwingh (p. 14), who still con- 

 tinues duly to justify the expulsion of the Baden 

 deputies. He does not venture to visit Eichhorn with 



