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Rh the Rigi upon which we could rest; where the Rhine upon whose shores our fancy could disport itself; where the Heidelberger Schloss in whose surroundings we could dream; where, at last, is even the inn where we could comfortably and joyously sit behind the sparkling goblet, while our madcap spirits went chasing each other? Nature as well as society here offers us nothing but comfortless, repelling vulgarity; there is nothing engagingly human in men, and nothing classic in Nature and its embellishments. Perhaps in a hundred years travel can also be made enjoyable in America; now one can only be transported like an article of freight. When will our exile be at an end?"

To this question you will least of all get an answer here where you ought to expect it most. I do not know a dozen of those boastful apostles of liberty of 48 who are still seriously interested in the revolution, and who would make a sacrifice for the sake of shortening their exile. A proof how superficial their zeal for liberty was on the other side of the water. But even if we can do nothing for European liberty here, there is still enough to be done for American liberty, and this will indirectly benefit the other. What especially fills me with hope of progress in this country is the interest which is taken in the question of women's rights, and I am curious to see how our German women will now stand the test. Do you believe that the convention of the German women in Frauenstadt will be well attended?