Leonhard! 5 Dec - 31#1873 



Did you observe Nicolaus Salmeron ? He is a pulil>i of 

 Del Rios and professor of philosophy at Madrid, now also president 

 of the Cortes and earlier minister president, who succeeded as such 

 to unite the different parties against the Karlistes and Communists,, 

 and, thus, save Spain. As saviour he was rightfully celebrated,, 

 and as a State sman*who proved himself several times by resi gning 

 from the ministry. There are more followers of the Kause schooll in 

 the spanish ministry and through work of the apostles the entire 

 teaching system of Spain is being formed in the Krause splrit. They 

 also work through him t to separate Spain from Rom without getting 

 into proletarian dogmatics. Salmeron introduced already several years 

 ago moral lessons for children below 10 years and did not eliminate 

 these studies while minlster-president. There are a dozen students 

 of Del Rios, who work closely together, besldes many others, who,, 

 however, , are being occupied more by political party instincts. Of 

 the spanish edition of Krause* s "Urbild der Menschheit* ( Base pic- 

 ture of humanity) already 5 editions have come out. Hls synapsis 

 of aesthetics has already appeared in the 2nd spanish translation.- 



Unf ortunately, a very gifted of the 12 apostles, Thomas T , 



professor of philosophy at Madrid, died recently. I had repeatedly 

 interesting visitors from Spain; they think much of me, as thelr 

 spiritual grandfather, as del Rio was my pupil. 



But now to botany. Specially my best thanks for the inte- 

 resting llttle plants of Arceuthobeum pusillum ^ which arrived quite 

 well preserved.- Unf ortunately , I did not get the study about 

 Yucca, which would interest me much,- From Seitz, whom I have not 

 seen since moving, but who should still be here, letters for you 



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