Allow me to present you with the best copy of my essay[[1]] left me.
The end of it will, I hope, secure me your indulgence for the whole.
Tuesday.
A. v. HUMBOLDT.
2.
HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN.
Berlin, November 1st, 1827.
You recollect having once uttered some affectionate words in acknowledgment of my endeavors to describe Nature vividly and truly (that is, with strict correctness as to what we do observe).
That your words have left agreeable impressions, you will perceive from this insignificant token of my gratitude.[[2]]
I have altered nearly all “the Explanations,” and added “The Genius of Rhodes,” for which Schiller has shown some predilection.
With friendship and the highest consideration,