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On page 88 the reason is given why my friend 

 Frobel has not been shot (erUumet, Anglice*, Blumed). 



A. HT. 



It is a very long time since I have seen you, on 

 account of that dreary Potsdam. 



(Notes ly Varnhagen. With this was sent " The German Emi- 

 gration and its Significance in the History of Civilization. By 

 Julius Frobel. Leipzig, 1858." A copy sent by Frobel to 

 Humboldt. 



In the "Anglaises pour Eire," it is said: "Ouvrez la 

 bouche et serrez les dents, et vous parlerez anglais !" This 

 may have been in Humboldt' s mind, but in a mistake he wrote 

 fermez for ouvrez. 



Page 35, Frobel says : " Moreover the English and the Ger- 

 man languages are but two different dialects, or rather different 

 stages of development. The English is the superior of the 

 two, viewing it in the point of the history of civilization ; for the 

 abolition of grammatical forms evinces a higher mental development, 

 as is generally acknowledged." Humboldt has written in the 

 margin " Oho !" ' 



Page 88, Frobel alludes to Austria's great mission in the future. 

 Such passages occurring in a work that appeared in 1848, and 

 communicated opportunely to Prince "Windischgratz by his aide- 

 de-camp, effected the pardon of Frobel, while his colleague, 

 Eobert Blum, was cruelly shot. 



CCXXIV. 



HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN. 



Berlin, 9th Sept. At night, 1858. 



My warmest thanks, dearest friend, for your 

 friendly lines. I am not indifferent to the gratitude of 



