I rejoice to hear of your continued health. The <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="d7bdc9cf-c6e0-4bfa-bdc9-cfc6e02bfa8e" corresp="#de8f1822-0993-40fd-8f18-22099300fd4b" type="editorialNote">news of the <persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002178 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118535994">King <lb />of Prussia</persName>’s accident reached me here</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="de8f1822-0993-40fd-8f18-22099300fd4b" corresp="#d7bdc9cf-c6e0-4bfa-bdc9-cfc6e02bfa8e" type="editorial">In einem Brief an <persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0000936 http://d-nb.info/gnd/11860130X">Carl Ritter</persName> schreibt Alexander von Humboldt vermutlich am 28. Februar 1850, dass <persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002178 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118535994">Friedrich Wilhelm IV.</persName> aufgrund eines Stoßes an einer steinernen Bank bettlägerig sei (<bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/FVBJTHCM">Humboldt 2010</bibl>, 109).</note>: – I knew it would afflict <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you: & I now rejoice, with all the scientific world, that a Sovereign <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />who has the true interests of Science so much at heart, has recovered.