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shall not, however, rob us of our courage or our resigna- 

 tion ; on the contrary, our energies shall only be steeled 

 by it. 



The King,* during my visit to England, made 

 many inquiries after your Excellency's health ; the 

 Queen also received with great interest the news 

 which I was able to give her. They retain in the 

 most kindly memory your frequent visits in Paris. 

 My children wish to be recalled to your recollection, 

 to which I likewise hope from time to time to be 

 recalled. 



With sincere esteem and gratitude, 

 Your Excellency's well wishing 



Jttsenach, 23rd- Oct., 1849. HELENE. 



CXL. 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



Potsdam, 31st October, 1849. 



A thousand thanks, my excellent friend, for the inter- 

 pretation. How have political storms destroyed that 

 writing, once so fine, or, at any rate, so distinct ! 

 The " beloved courier," was my reading of the " be- 

 loved cousine," the Princess of Prussia, who first com- 

 municated to the Duchess the new " Yiews."f 



A short speech which I delivered to the Town 

 Delegates of this place, and in which I alluded to 

 the views of my brother, a native of Potsdam, on the 

 free development of political life, has been published 

 with a great many misprints in Spiker's newspaper. 

 Here you have it from my own hand, as I wrote it 



* Louis Philippe and the Countess of Neuilly. TR. 

 t In " Kosmos." 



