708 
[December, 
Wohler and Liebig. 
Liebig to Wohler. 
“ Giessen, August 28, 1830. 
“ Your idea that I should go by Berlin to Hamburg is very 
tempting, but impracticable. A Professor at Berlin can 
afford many things from which a Professor at Giessen must 
desist. Even my journey to Hamburg is a sacrifice in pecu- 
niary respeCt. My heart is heavy at the thought that I shall 
not be allowed to pass some days with Berzelius, you, and 
our other friends, but I comfort myself with the prospeCt of 
seeing the former at Hamburg.” 
Liebig to Wohler. 
“ Giessen, October 12, 1830. 
‘‘ I am back again at Giessen ready for any work, and 
longing for news from you. My journey to Hamburg was 
successful in every respeCt. Berzelius has received me in 
the kindest manner, and has authorised me to communicate 
with him by letter. I only regret my opportunities for con- 
fidential conversation with him having been so few. He has 
quite won my heart by his amiable and unpretending ways, 
and I perfectly understand your attachment to him. Every- 
thing would have been perfect if you had been there.” 
Wohler to Liebig. 
“ Berlin, October 13, 1830. 
“ Let me (first) thank you sincerely for the kind lines you 
sent me from Hamburg, which gave me all the more pleasure 
lor their being written on the same sheet with those from a 
friend, who has long wished to make the acquaintance of a 
man for whom he entertains the highest consideration.” 
The following letter must be the answer to one written by 
Wohler, which, however, is not to be found in the papers in 
hand. We can guess, though, pretty well at the nature of 
the “ proposal” which Wohler has made to Liebig, for in 
all the following letters (according to the German custom) 
the brotherly “ thou ” has taken the place of the conven- 
tional “ you.” 
