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HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN.
Berlin, Sept. 23d, 1856.
Cher et introuvable AMI!
How the improbable can become real! How royal huntsmen and royal coachmen cannot find you, cannot look for your direction in the prosaic directory. I send this direction at this moment to the Grand Duke, who has the anguish of having detained my revered friend. May he be more fortunate in a new attempt. The enclosed sheet is a Berlin curiosity for your archives.
Faithfully yours,
A. v. Humboldt.
Tuesday, 2 o’clock.
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(ENCLOSED.)
GRAND DUKE CHARLES ALEXANDER OF SAXE-WEIMAR TO HUMBOLDT.
At the Chateau of Berlin,
Tuesday Morning.