180. HUMBOLDT TO VARNHAGEN.
Friedrich Kapp translation
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.