I shall not forget Mr. Breul the merchant. Minister Buelow was very
sorry that you missed him. You will be very agreeable to him and Lady
Buelow any evening from half-past seven to nine o’clock.
104.
HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN
THURSDAY, _January 15th, 1846_.
Mr. Milnes, and what he may have said of the King, “who showed him no
personal civilities,” interest me but little; but it will afford me
great joy if my earnest intercession for Prutz be at last useful to him.
This miserable trifle is the only thing that I can secure in my
position. I shall die, however, in the conscientious belief, that to my
last moment I never _abandoned_ one devoted to the same principles as
myself. Your approbation is _highly_ valuable to me, my dear friend!
The “Quarterly Review” says I had a prolix style, and am never able to
write one page of “vivid expression.”
With faithful attachment, yours,