Nothing has been heard from Berlin since your and Heuser's letter from Elberfeld. One ought to give oneself up to the devil if only his existence were proved. But you have now arrived and that is good. Imitating you, I leave theology to the last as a worthy crowning to the pyramid of my letter. In a fortnight, if one is in the mood, one can thus easily scribble up to five sheets, then one polishes up the style, puts in verses here and there for variety, and publishes it as Bremer Abende .
Scarred warriors are the best.
You must be able to tell by looking at a book that it has come out of a battle with the censor. December 11 . For years I have not been so lazy as I am at this moment. I must visit the tertium locum . December 12 .