, &c.; fact of Separation I believe is true; but all
the rest is mere lies and nonsense. No crime or misdemeanor
specifiable on either side; _unhappy_ together, these good many
years past, and they at length end it.--Sulzer said, "Men are by
nature _good._" "Ach, mein lieber Sulzer, Er kennt nicht diese
verdammte Race," ejaculated Fritz, at hearing such an axiom.
CLXIII.* Carlyle to Emerson
Chelsea, London, 9 April, 1859
Dear Emerson,--Long months ago there was sent off for you a copy
of _Friedrich_ of Prussia, two big red volumes (for which Chapman
the Publisher had found some "safe, swift" vehicle); and _now_ I
have reason to fear they are still loitering somewhere, or at
least have long loitered sorrow on them! This is to say: If you
have not _yet_ got them, address a line to "Saml. F. Flower, Esq,
Librarian of Antiquarian Society, _Worcester,_ Mass." (forty
miles from you, they say), and that will at once bring them. In
the Devil's name! I never in my life was so near choked;
swimming in this mother of Dead Dogs, and a long spell of it
still ahead! I profoundly _pity myself_ (if no one else does).
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