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HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN.
BERLIN, _March 19th, 1850_.
Accept, my dear friend, my heartfelt thanks for the lines you gave M.
Rio, whose praises had already been sung to me by Cornelius, Olfers,
Radowitz, and the King himself, on account of the book, “De l’Art
Chretien.” The new incarnation of a deputy to the Erfurt Parliament, and
his supervision in the interest of the Prince President, was unexpected;
but Rafael himself was a good deal of a mannerist.
Very truly, and in some suspense,
Yours,
A. V. HUMBOLDT.