{[London,}] Museum,” 23 March 1868 

In HASTE 

Dear Frep, 

I thought Laura would notify you about the £40. She claims, 
however, that I did not ask her to. Thus malentendu.> 

During the whole of last week I had many bleeding shingles; 
particularly obstinate and hard to obliterate the mess under my 
left armpit. But ceneraury I feel much better, in fact like a 
RECONVALESCENT and I am sure that the business is coming to an end. 

At the same time, I am sending you the Schweitzer, which 
please return to me after use. A few lines from Meissner, in which 
he notifies me of his stupidity in informing Schweitzer that he 
should not continue with his extracts‘ until I have stated my views. 
Quelle bétise!“ I immediately attempted to redress things. Whatever 
secondary motives Schweitzer may have (e.g. to annoy old 
Hatzfeldt, etc.), one thing must be admitted. Although he makes a 
mistake here and there, he has studied the stuff really hard, and 
knows where the centres of gravity lie. Such a ‘base consciousness’ 
is still preferable to the ‘honest consciousness’ of a Heinzen or the 
‘noble consciousness’ of a Wilhelmchen.‘ Hegel forgot to list 
idleness as an essential element of ‘noble-minded consciousness’ .‘ 

More de diversis in the next letter. 

Salut. 
Your 
K. M.