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fore you see the " Cinq Jours de Berlin," in which the 

 Berliners (for they are introduced as the speakers) 

 treat me as a tolerably agreeable gossip ; they use me 

 morally, but not altogether kindly. If my sayings 

 are utterly devoid of consistance, I fear for the per- 

 manence of the world-fabric, the Kosmos. M. Bar- 

 riere must certainly have paid you a visit on the sixth 

 day, and it is you who have instilled all this into him. 

 On Prussia's role, and M. de Canitz, that paper con- 

 tains some precious morceaux (Cracomand). 



For your collection of autographs I send you a com- 

 plimentary letter of Mignet's to me, and one written 

 by myself in 1801, from Indian Carthagena, a turning 

 point in my life. The letter was addressed to Citoyen 

 Baudin, then circumnavigating the globe with Perron; 

 it was written at a time when probably no one in 

 Europe retained the title of Citoyen. Baudin, instead 

 of doubling Cape Horn and fetching me at Lima, had 

 gone round the Cape of Good Hope to Australia. 

 Your old and attached friend, 



A. v. HUMBOLDT. 



Sunday. 



I inclose a charming letter of my brother's to 

 Korner. It will be published in the sixth volume. I 

 must ask you to return me this copy of it. 



CXXVIL 



MIGNET TO HUMBOLDT. 



Paris, Ijuillet, 1846. 



Monsieur le Baron et tres illustre confrere. Yous 

 n'aurez pas la peine a croire combien j'ai ete heureux 

 et flatte d'apprendre que le volume sur " A.ntonio 



