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^
Cordier,
Defrance,
lie
de
Beaumont,
Guizot,
Gerard
22
HI
161
Attempt
to
anticipate
the
Verdict
of
Posterity
337
Erratum.
Page
17,
line
17
from
hore,for
five
volumes
read
one
volume.
BT
EGBERT
AVfi-LALLEMANT.
TOL.
II.
fi
monuments,
picture
galleries
and
statues,
B
2
was
gloriods,
grand,,
and
in-piring
to
him,
as
a
distinguished
traveller
and
successful
investigator
familiarly
1868),
vol.
vii.
p.
190.
is
deserted
by
that
he
could
live
upon
forty
sous
a
day,
an
answer
will
be
found
in
the
following
interesting
the
dreadful
pecuniary
m-
The
list
of
personages
accompanying
King
Frederick
Augustup
to
Paris
waa
ob-ained
from
the
office
of
the
court
marshal.
Ebitoh.
^Warsaw
and
its
During
this
year
he
was
gratifiedby
the
favourable
recep-
1
'Le
Globe/
c.
(1868),
vol.
vii.
p.
193.
upon
De
la
Roquette;
vol.
i.
p.
202.
extraneous
assistance
was
to
Willdenow,
who
laboured
rela-
tionships
xisting
between
various
distinct
genera.
Kunth,
the
capacity
of
botanist.
while
in
zoology
the
valuable
but
as
little
could
he
conceal
his
displeasure
when
out
on
America,
which
gradually
extended
so
far
beyond
the
original
plan
as
to
till
twenty-nine
volumes
7,178
f
Editob.
the de-cription
of the
et
sa
division
politique
en
intendances,
sur
I'aspect
physique
du
sol,
sur
la
population
actuelle,
I'etat
d'agriculture,
e
Tindustrie
VOL. II. c
'
completion
(Berlio;
1852)^
p.
22.
and Bonn.
WiMdenow
came.
to
Paris
only
for
a
short
time
while
assisting
n
the
botanical
department
of
the
work.
Jahrbiicher.'
of
zoology,
and
(Berlin
188A),
p.
18.
p.
lAA.
accomplished.
On
his
return
to
Berlin,
Kunth
was
nominated
Professor
of
Botany
of
natures,
equally
distin-uished
for
intellectual
power
and
moral
excellence,'
nd
again
Ibid.
yol.
IL
p.
214.
measurements
to-ards
the
spread
and
development
of
physical
science.
His
early
studies
were
directed
to
theology,
subsequently
to
medicine.
pile
and
on
the
nature
of
potash.
The
remarkable
manner
of
Orleans.
In
1780
he
was
elected
a
member
of
the
Royal
Academy
of
branch
of
science
he
We
TOL.
n.
n
at
the
appointment
of
Professor
of
Natural
vol. L
by
the
friendship
of
one
who
has
rendered
p.
224.
Diid.
vol.
U.
p.
177.
interest
himself
a
p.
43.
p.
47.
p.
83.
by
history,
ut
I
ii.
p.
105.
portraits
as
historical
paintings.
He
was
bom
at
Home
on
March
11,
1770,
and
came
to
France
at
an
early
age,
becoming
at
eighteen
a
pupil
p.
19.
University
of
Berlin,
which
was
formally
opened
the
following
year.
After
a
brief
tenure
Upon
the
same
grounds
he
declined
a
proposal
made
to
him
in
London
on
December
12,
1825,
by
Father
Thomas
Murphy,
Briefwechsel
Alexiuider
von
Hnmboldt's
mit
Berghaus
aus
den
Jahren
1835-28
(3
vols.
Leipzig,
1868),
vol
ii.
p.
285.
TOL.
II.
E
Geographical
Society.
Roquette,
vol.
i.
p.
223.
on
.Tune
26,
1871.
can
accomplish.
Of
my
arm
I
can
say
nothing
that
the
gifts
f
Providence
are
bestowed
with
special
reference
to
our
being
useful
to
others
in
times
of
affliction*
With
unchangeable
aflFection,
ver
yours,
'Alexander
von
Humboldt.'
De
la
Roquette,
vol.
ii.
pp.
261;
286.
in
study.
To
ensure
freedom
from
interruption,
e
often
selected
for
his
abode
out-ying
and
unfrequented
situations;
in
1808
his
letters
are
and
2.
rendered
every
other
super-luous,
even
had
I
possessed
any.'
jokes
were
always
free
from
any
tinge
of
malevolence.'
acquaintance
at
Paris,
and
ever
showed
himsslf
ready
to
furnish
them
(Berlin,
1836),
p.
4.
sitting
of
March
'Die
orgftniache
Chemie
in
ihirer
AnwenduDg
auf
Agiicaltur
und
Physiologie
(Ist
edit.
Brunswick^
1840),
noble,
beautiful,
and
true,
by
one
who
has
proved
himself
to
be
zealous
and
industrious
investigator
of
this
century,'
science.
Suppl.
107.
history
of
our
Father-
TOL.
n.
F
the instance of the
of
this
noted
philosopher.]
69
iras,
however,
declined
by
Humboldt
in
the
same
decided
manner
as
ix.
various
parts
will
also
supply
me
with
native
city.
I
by
unwearied
struggles
attained,
he
calmly
watched
the
course
of
scientific
inquiry.
It
is
true
that
he
rejoiced
at
every
new
ray
of
light
which
shed
ite
A
well-known
drawing
by
Kaulbachy
though
unfortunately
omewhat
of
a
caricature,
rings
out
in
an
ingenious
manner
this
resemblance
in
the
'Venerable
umboldt
to
Atlas,
the
supporter
of
the
Universe.
appointment
to
the
to
him
a
second
nature,
almost
a
necessity.
Nor
was
he
even
at
this
epoch
indiJBFerent
to
of
the
king,
any
more
than
(2
Parts,Halle,
1864*
1870),
vol.
ii.
p.
183.
von
Humboldt,
Beyne,
and
Boyen
from
Karl
Hitter/
c.
voL
ii.
p.
3.
^OL.
II.
O
capital
was
confined
almost
exclusively
Briefwechsel
zwischen
Goethe
und
Zelter*
(0
Parts,
Berlin,
1833-
1834),
vol.
iii.
p.
346.
by
the
philosophy
of
Eant,
although
his
mode
of
thought
had
doubts
less
been
*
p.
224,
c.
not
same
time
a
less
self-
sufficient
kind
of
mental
culture
was
that
emanating
from
the
(Berlin,
1826).
OF
JULY.
87
found
as
yet
no
general
sympathetic
interest
among
the
educated
classes.
During
von
Humboldt's
mit
Heiniich
Berghaus,'
voL
i.
p.
6.
nineteenth
century,
present
volume.
which
individual
merit
ever
secures
general
appreciation
or
enduring
popularity.
Briefe
von
A.
von
Humboldt
an
Vamhagen/
p.
88.
vicinity
to
Gauss,
who
physics
was
prosecuted
by
the
in
Germany
depended,
were
there
to
be
met
on
the
brilliant
centre,
while
the
captivatingcity
he
My
dear
Herr
von
Hum-
remini-
JKenceSy
which^
though
now
almost
illegible,
fford
some
interesting
ata.
State*
he
had
even
then
regarded
with
suspicion.
Witzleben,
too,
and
indeed
the
whole
court,
would
turn
against
him
in
the
event
of
his
remaining
here.
There
is,however,
no
cause
for
appre*
hension
on
this
score
political
sentiments
Ibid.
p.
18a
p.
43.
VOL,
n.
H
Im
Ural
und
Altai/
p.
54.
assigned
to
Humboldt.
He
was,
in
August,
nominated
by
Frederick
William
president
of
a
commission
for
investigating
the
claims
Tagebiicher,'
ol.
i,
p.
62.
p.
32.
Im
Urfd
uiid
Altai/
p.
47.
Also
in
maDj
unpublished
etters
to
Schtt-
znacher.
Varnhagen,
'Blatter,*
ol.
v.
p.
76.
s
Bunsen,
vol.
i.
pp.
285,304,
c.
BerghauBy
voL
i.
p.
116.
to
remark,
that
Humboldt
was
the
honoured
guest
at
all
public
entertain-ents
this
work.
Brief
wechsel
zwischen
Goethe
und
Zelter,'
ol.
iv.
p.
312.
Schlegel
made
a
striking
allusion
to
science,
while
ascribing
to
it
influence
the
present
state
of
culture
in
Europe,
and
pointing
out
nature.'
This
would
almost
see
Zelter,
rol.
iv.
p.
340.
given
at
Berlin,
beyond
the
fact
that,
as
they
were
closely
allied
in
subject,
the
earlier
lectures
p.
26.
Letter
to
Richard
Zeune
(Berlin,
February
IG,
1857).
Kosmos/
vol.
i.
p.
xi.
is
substantiated
by
the
manuscript
notes.
VOL.
11.
I
upon
anthropology.
The
attack
the
evil
tand
the
words:
eitung'
of
December
8,
1827.

20.
gallery
was
filled
with
ladies,
king
was
again
present,
and
announced
great
pleasure
Briefwechsel/
vol.
v.
p.
16.
letter
to
Bockh
of
1841,
from
which
extracts
have
already
been
given.
indulgence
Briefe
an
Varnhagen,'
p.
90.
capital,Savigny
the
present
race
of
scientific
men
act
on
an
entirely
opposite
conviction.
It
might
be
almost
said
in
jest
that
the
sons
of
God
had
come
down
to
the
daughters
of
men.
For
by
no
means
Vamhagen,
'Blatter/
vol.
v.
p.
241.
Literarischer
Nachlass/
voL
i
p.
22,
Nos.
11
and
12.
p.
185.
achieve-
p.
381.
I
lands
fedled
to
hear
the
call
unpublished
etters.
tigue
of
a
long
sea
and
land
journey
to
join
our
Association,
will
in
future
years
incite
other
foreigners
to
similar
efforts,
o
that
every
part
of
Grer-
many
may
in
turn
enjoy
the
stimulating
influence
of
scientific
communication
with
the
discovery
of
two
heavenly
bodies
whose
given
to
the
world
by
Germany,
whereby
thought
as
on
wings
is
spread
reading
and
discussion
of
papers
difficulty
f
description
so
Physicists
nd
Physicians
f
Grermany
is
animated,
Oardens
august
monarch
by
whom
it
has
been
founded,
who,
with
the
absence
of
osten-ation
characteristic
of
true
greatness,
as
been
adding
year
IMm-
exert
upon
aimless
generalities-
for,
as
he
used
to
say
in
jest,
among
two
Eng-
intei^
attended,
partly
on
account
of
increasing
age,
and
partly
through
a
diminished
interest
in
the
Society.
As
early
as
1832,
he
remarks
in
a
G.
Graf
von
Cancrin/
p.
43.
scientific
meetings
in
Grermany,
however
De
la
Hoquette;
vol.
ii.
pp.
200,
336.
of
our
having
five
fingers
pon
each
hand.
Do
you
inquire
why
I
trouble
you
he
stood
increasingly
n
want
as
death
the
portions
of
1853.
VOL.
II.
L
a
youthful
enthusiasm,
afforded
to
Humboldt,
by
the
meeting
of
the
Berlin
in
September
1828,
gave
him
the
oppor-
observations,
so
as
to
encompass
the
globe,
'Karl
Eitter,
ein
Lebensbild/
y
G.
Kramer,
vol.
ii.
pp.
80,
31.
were
ever
I
i
Briefwechsel
mit
Vamhagen/
p.
2.
'Im
Ural
und
Altai/
p.
74.
151
coiild
not
fail
to
escape
him,
both
details
are
to
be
found
in
some
unpublished
letters
in
the
possession
f
Herr
Hose.
to
^Briefe
an
VamhageD^'
p.
7.
they
were
characterised
by
Bezmozgly
as
stupid
and
unintelligent.'
While
in
Bussia,
Humboldt
Blatter/
vol.
v.
p.
284.
(Berlin,
arch
1830).
c.
157
^Villiam
von
Humboldt
arrange
other
people's
affairs,
under
pretext
of
doing
them
good.
199,
medical
learn
from
some
marginal
notes
in
Humboldf
s
handwriting.
Revolution.
Briefe
an
Vamhagen/
p.
0.
VOL.
n.
H
he endeavoured
Ibid.
voL
v.
p.
300.
'Briefe
von
A.
von
Humboldt
an
Vamhagen,'
p.
99.
p.
186.
to-day
a
majority
of
eight
only
on
the
question
contributed
by
J.
Lowenbexg.
possible
to
be
supported
for
niany
years
by
a
majority
in
the
honour
to
the
possession
of
Algiers
^a
wretched
colony,yielding
nly
com
and
gesture.
This
accounts
for
lady
in
waiting.
She
is
very
amiable
and
gentle^
16^
and
knows
the
court
well,
and
has
a
happy
facility
n
describ-ng
character.
The
at
Vienna,
as
also
the
charming
Countess
Apponi,
a
great
musical
genius
and
a
brilliant
diplomatist.'
openly
states
p.
60.
Briefe
an
Vamhagen,'
p.
81.
3
Ibid.
Nob.
27
and
28.
place
any
greater
confidence
in
the
republic
Orleans,
and
ever
expressed
warm
admiration
for
the
Orleans
family.
Against
Louis
Napoleon,
of
whom
he
spoke
ti.
Be
la
Boquette^
voL
ii.
p.
202.
n this collection.
Legion
of
Honour,
he
was
gratified
to
observe
that
this
distinction
was
viewed
by
the
public
De
la
Roquette,
vol.
ii.
p.
247.
VOL.
II.
K
Address/
c.
p.
46,
c.
De
la
Hoquette,
voL
ii.
p.
131.
ATertiasement
des
nouv.
^tenrs/
p.
v.
v.
scarcely
ever
alluded
to,
and
never
with
any
expression
of
pleasure.
The
question
of
marriage
was
one
he
had
never
seriously
entertained
(Berlin,
1870),
p.
85,
c
manners,
it
cannot
be
denied
that
emulation,
but
strove
to-
first
volume
of
825
the
passage
that
appeared
in
the
'Eselsfresser'
in
1861
fumisbes
some
expk-
nation.
on
the
philosophy
of
nature
will
be
discussed
hereafter.
The
loving
care
testified
by
Alexander
for
the
reputation
of
his
brother
is
nowhere
more
beautifully
Ibid.
No.
83.
Homboldtbuch/
vol.
ii.
p.
43.
Hermann
und
Dorothea,
which
is
more
properly
a
disquisition
n
the
art
of
epic
poetry,
and
his
investigations
pon
the
Iberian
races,
would,
I
am
sure,
be
productive
of
a
powerful
II. 0
No. 22.
Academy
of
St.
Petersburg
Kosmos/
vol.
i.
pp.
438-9;
voL
iv.
p.
71
c.
nature.
Among
a
people
never
divest
himself
in
English
society
of
an
instinctive
feeling
of
separation,
just
as
scientific
circles
of
Paris
animadverted
upon
with
greater
delicacy.
p.
168.
was
often
apparent
in
Humboldt,
not
only
in
conversation
but
in
a
conversational
style
of
letter.
1833.]
De
la
Roquette^
vol.
ii.
p.
154.
of
a
talented
physicist
is
acceded
to
on
scien-
Humboldt's
views
and
between individual
men
of
science
and
scientific
institutions.
For
though
he
may
be
jus-ified
in
regarding
the
latter,
as
such,
to
be
far
removed
constancy
I
The
Institute,
however,
which,
during
the
late
German
war,
evinced
perhaps
a
too
prominent
sympathy
with
national
politics,
ever
wavered
in
its
determined
opposition
to
the
second
empire.
In
of
two
octavo
volumes,
while
the
larger
and
VOL.
II.
P
expedi-ion.
When
visiting
Paris,
in
October
1830,
country'
in
1840,
as
Humboldt
was
accustomed
to
Koamos,*
vol.
ii.
p.
60.
Karl
Ritter/
vol.
ii.
p.
120.
2
Ibid.
vol.
ii.
p.
167.
3 i
the
necessity
of
avoiding
Humboldt
points
out
this
passage
with
just
satisfaction
to
his
State,'
Ibid.
p.
67.
a
more
than
usual
veneration,
derived
probably
from
the
enthusiasm
evoked
by
the
rise
and
develop-
two
succeeding
years
to
express
regret
somewhat
illegible
encil
hieroglyphics
in
which
they
now
stand.'
of
the
establishment.
2S,
1858,
having
reference
to
a
gift
of
money
greatest
pleasure
in
making
happy
whom
you
would
wish
to
please.
Pray
receive
the
enclosed
trifle,
ot
because
it
gratifies
Bnefe
an
Varnliagen/
Nos.
16,
17.
prescribed,
Observations,
Geological
and
Physical,
upon
the
Volcanoes
on
the
Plain
of
Briefwecfasel
mit
Berghaus/
vol.
ii.
p.
186.
TOL.
II.
Q
long
entertained
for
the
distinguished
and
zealous
Director
of
the
Observatory
at
Altona,
by
whose
friendship
I
am
honoured.
revolves
daily
with
no
improve-
people,
but
rather,
a
pointed
allnsion
to
the
death
of
the
king.
In
a
letter
to
Jacobi
of
August
21,
1840.
same
Creator;
Ihid.
voL
iii.
pt.
3,
p.
320.
king'sthoughts
-wer^
mainly
directed.
Briefe
an
Bunsen/
p.
34.
to
be
'July.*
sovereign,'
are
acknowledged
to
be
just
and
felt
to
be
sincere.
80,
L-m.
In
a
letter
to
Carus,
dated
February
6,
1844.
early
education
were
to
blame,
for
upon
his
accession
to
the
throne
his
character
but
his
opposition
in
knowledge
either
to
supply
an
adequate
answer,
or
at
once
to
indicate
the
source
whence
it
could
be
obtained.
It
would,
however,
be
erro-
^
ver-ally
and
by
letter
prisoo,
s
that
event
took
place
in
November
1850.
Ibid.
No.
33.
Ibid.
p.
102.
an
important
national
institution,
ought
not
to
go
by
unused.
Confidence
is
maintained
so
long
as
the
feeling
continues
that
petty
considerations,
and
that
lie
belongs
to
the
period
in
which,
by
Divine
Providence,
he
outspoken
frankness
No. 110.
Briefe
an
Bunsen/
p.
84
Briefe
an
Varnbagen/
No.
63.
Ibid.
pp.
119,
122.
Briefe
an
Bunsen,'
pp.
164,
16B.
firiefe
an
Yarnhagen/
p.
31^.
Adalbert
pirates*
Humboldt's
habit
being
to
introduce
passing
events
of
a
piquant
Ibid.
No.
170.
No. 35.
'
'Briefe
an
Vamhagen,*
p.
182.
s
Ibid.
p.
124.
VOL.
II.
S
Tagehiicher/
voL
u.
p.
260.
to
the
feelings
of
his
heart
that
he
never
renounced
these
hopes,
even
though
his
un-
Ibid.
p.
101.
Tagebiicher/
voL
ii.
p.
860^
c.
intentions,
stimulated
by
the
freshness
pp.
883,
400.
p.
269.
Tagebucher/
vol.
ii.
pp.
247-60,
267,
274
Eagle,
the
highest
honour
that
was
in
the
royal
power
to
confer.^
The
congratulations
addressed
to
him
upon
this
occasion
by
Mettemich
contain
a
graceful
allusion
to
the
motto
of
the
order
as
peculiarly
appro-riate
to
the
Briefe
an
Bonsen/
p.
80.
^Platen's
Sotuttej
No.
38.
or
Pomerania,
Ibid.
No.
48.
66.
271
period
we
refer
our
readers
to
the
followingchapter.
Ibid.
vol.
iv.
p.
266.
von
Dahlmann,
in
whose
Briefe
an
Bunsen/
p.
40.
and
from
unpublished
letters
to
Biickh.'
See
alBO
Trendelenburg's
Kleine
Schriften,'
oL
L
p.
508.
Department
Kleinere
Schriften/
Preface,
p.
vi.
interest
to
seek
to
fill
the
vacancies
that
might
occur
in
their
own
generally
hrown,
either
honestly
or
by
way
of
excuse,
were
re-arded
by
Humboldt
as
two
adverse
powers,
which,
in
the
cause
Briefe
an
Bunsen/
p.
63.
the
appointment
in
question
Eisenstein,
we
the
encouragement
of
science
and
Henriette
Herz.'
Letter
to
Schumacher
of
May
18^
1843.
science*
In
invariably
adopting
an
involved
course
of
action
in
his
bene-olent
schemes,
it
mind,
or
by
an
acute
insight
into
court
life.
In
any
case,
he
was
always
deeply
gratifiedby
the
success
of
such
trivial
artifices,
and
allowed
Tagebiicher/
vol.
iii.
p.
101,
and
especially
e
la
Boquette,
toI.
ii.
p.
311.
an
office
necessarily
n-olved
him,
and
partly
through
unpublished
correspondence.
order
submitting
it
to
an
authority
of
a
much
higher
order
that
I
can
hope
to
give
it
value.
Ambition,
my
dear
Baron,
knows
days.'
Briefe
an
YamliageD/
Nos.
98,
123.
it
counsel
to
the
king
upon
a
question
of
science.'
Even
for
these
academic
nominations,
he
was
accustomed
to
draw
up
a
Briefe
an
Bunsen/
pp.
16d-9.
VOL.
II.
XJ
i
the
German
newspapers
in
November
1865.
have
publicly
de-
was
designated
by
Humboldt
as
has
caused
me
great
inconvenience.
steadfastly
refused
to
entertain.
To
obliterate
the
sad
impression
which
Humboldt's
conduct
in
this
affair
is
likely
to
produce,
we
shall
one
aa
well
as
from
several
unpublislied
etters.
allusion
to
the
pros-ect
of
escaping
from
military
service.
The
occupation
of
a
professorship
t
Heidelberg,
seeing
that
'he
found
little
employment
among
the
mathematicians
of
Berlin.'
For
this
purpose
he
requested
the
youth
to
write
out
by post.'
slight
assist-nce
by
your
co-operation,
my
efforts
are
subjected
to
this
very
unpleasant
check.'
He
arranged
with
Ladenberg
that
one
a
professorship
xtraordinary
at
Halle,
and
This
highly-gifted
mathematician,
whose
activity
has
ever
been
on
the
increase,
and
whose
fame
has
spread
everywhere,
Minister of
Professor
was
never
accorded,
to
whom
the
pension
granted
by
the
king
in
lb46
assistance
and
encouragement
to
genius.'
The
'self-denial
and
devotion
he
displayed
in
the
fulfilment
of
this
sacred
duty
are
vividlyportrayed
in
this
narrative,
which
we
have
thought
it
desirable
on
this
account
to
give
in
detail.
The
grandest
feature
to
be
remarked,
however,
is
that
the
history
(Weimar,
1871);
pp.
273
365.
VOL.
II.
X
work
forbid
a
detailed
statement
of
even
the
iiut
in
print
of
Humboldt's
benevolence.
See
vol.
i.
ch.
iv.
See
particularly
Koamos/
vol,
v.
pp.
7,
8,
the
causes
of
completeness,
he
is
not
the
less

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