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[December, 
Wohler and Liebig. 
II. WOHLER AND LIEBIG. 
By Miss Kate Windscheid. 
S jHE names Wohler and Liebig are so inseparably united 
) that their friendship, which has found its fullest ex- 
pression in their letters to each other, claims our 
sympathy to a high degree. The correspondence has been 
for the greater part preserved, and will probably be published 
ere long. Prof. Hofmann has made known a considerable 
number of the letters in his essay “ In Memoriam of Fried- 
rich Wohler.” By his kind permission I am enabled to 
make the English public acquainted with such parts ot this 
in every respedt highly interesting correspondence as refer 
to the deep-rooted love and respedt which united the two 
friends, excluding all scientific topics. 
At the time when the two men became acquainted 
Wohler was Professor at the School of Industry at Berlin, 
and Liebig Professor at Giessen. They first met at Frank- 
fort in the house of a common friend, and, though their 
intercourse was but short, they parted firmly convinced of 
having found a friend for life. 
Liebig to Wohler. 
(Answer to a letter not preserved.) 
“ Giessen, February n, 1829. 
“ Dear Dodtor, — Your kind letter of January 20th, which 
I have duly received, has given me the greatest pleasure, as 
a proof of your lasting friendship. Be assured that I fully 
respond to your feelings, and that the few hours we spent 
together at Frankfort will ever be a most agreeable reminis- 
cence to me. I am fully convinced that our friendship will 
never be subject to an interruption by the skirmishes we 
have had or may have again 
“ I am sorry to hear that you are unwell. I have suffered 
for years from the same complaint, which forced me to put 
a stop to all work in my laboratory. You will learn to take 
care of yourself only when you shall have a family of your 
own, and I wish with all my heart that this may soon be the 
case. You will then attach more importance to your health, 
which must be precious to everybody that has a heart for 
Science. I look forward with joy to a line from you. 
“ Believe me unchangeably yours, 
“ Liebig.” 
