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the world, and to "Kosmos" itself, in unimpaired fresh- 

 ness of body and mind. This is the sincere wish of 



Yours, very sincerely, 



ALBERT. 



CXXXIL 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



Berlin, 27th February, 1847. 



Here, my dear friend, you have at length my letter 

 of thanks for Carriere, with three very warm introduc- 

 tions. 



You were right in scolding me for my too great 

 severity against the Man of the Star-Terraces. I am 

 severe only with the mighty ones, and this man 

 made an uncomfortable impression on me at Stolzen- 

 fels. " I know that you sympathize greatly with the 

 misfortunes of the Russian Poles. Unfortunately, the 

 Poles are as little deserving of our sympathy as the 

 Irish" mihi dixit! And we are the handsome husband 

 of the Queen of Great Britain ! 



I hasten to-day to Potsdam, to fetch all the manu- 

 scripts which have fortunately arrived from Erfurt. 

 Madame von Biilow writes, that there is in them a 

 long and beautiful passage concerning our dear Rahel, 

 and much that is complimentary to you. 



Your attached friend, 



Saturday. A. V. H. 



