EISENACH, _Oct. 23, 1849_.
140.
HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN.
POTSDAM, _October 31st, 1849_.
A thousand, thousand thanks for the interpretation, my dear friend. How
the political tempests have ravaged even this handwriting, once so fine,
or, at least, so distinct. The “beloved courier” I read “beloved
cousin,” the Princess of Prussia, who first showed the Duchess the
latest “Views.”
A little address delivered by me before the delegates from this city, in
which I referred to the views of my brother, a Potsdamer by birth, on a
political life which develops itself freely from within, has been
printed by the “Spikersche Zeitung,” with numerous typographical errors.
Inclosed is my own report, written immediately after delivery. I would
have been pleased if the answer had been correctly given in the
Constitutional and other truly liberal papers. With my old devotion and
friendship,
Yours,
A. HT.