Finally my wish is fulfilled – my strongest wish ever since my heart and mind were brought into concord by that man who among all men of present and past ages is most significant to me, and who becomes and must become more significant to me with every progressive step my liberated spirit takes, he who is attached to my soul with a love as pure and indelible as is the light of cognition that he has kindled in me – in a word, my wish to be known and loved by you. And it is you to whom I shall owe not only the tranquillity and the most blessed employments but also the sweetest joy of my life, which I have been fortunate enough to find in having the respect and good favor of noble human beings.

My distinguished father-in-law takes joy in my joy. I conveyed your kind letter and the manuscript to him right away along with your flattering references to him. He asked me to write to you. He would be proud to think that his writings contributed to your entertainment. Your essay, an excellent adornment to his Merkur, was most welcome to him. For that reason he regrets that when the manuscript arrived the first sheet of the Merkur already had Jenner's work along with a historical essay by Schiller printed on it, so that the current new series had to be initiated with another name than yours.