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Alexander von Humboldt: „Col. Fremont and Baron Humboldt“, in: ders., Sämtliche Schriften digital, herausgegeben von Oliver Lubrich und Thomas Nehrlich, Universität Bern 2021. URL: <https://humboldt.unibe.ch/text/1851-Colonel_Fremont-41-neu> [abgerufen am 26.04.2024].
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| Titel | Col. Fremont and Baron Humboldt | ||||
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| Jahr | 1856 | ||||
| Ort | St. Johnsbury, Vermont | ||||
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Nachweis in: The Caledonian 20:10:998 (13. September 1856), [o. S.].
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| Sprache | Englisch | ||||
| Typografischer Befund | Antiqua; Spaltensatz; Auszeichnung: Kursivierung, Kapitälchen. | ||||
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Col. Fremont is known and honored amonglearned and scientific men the world over, asbut few of our citizens are. Were he to dieto day, he would leave a name more honora-ble and more immortal than that achieved byeither of his rivals for the Presidency, one ofwhom is nearly twice bis age, and the othera full half older. He has contributed to thestock of knowledge of the world,—he hasmade his mark on the record which lives,—he has done something positive, for he is anaffirmative and positive man. Among thenotable recognitions of his labors in the fieldof science, and as a pioneer of American dis-covery, was the conferring upon him, sever-al years ago, by the King of Prussia, of thegreat “Golden Medal of Progress in the Sci-ences.” It was presented through the greatEuropean savan and traveler, Baron Hum-boldt, with a letter most flattering in its terms.We subjoin this, as showing in what lightFremont is held by a man so learned, emi-nent and noble. One sentence of Humboldt’sletter we have marked in italics; it was aconscientious tribute paid to the Senatorthen; it is highly significant of Fremont’s“friendship to liberty and to the progress ofintelligence” now.
“To Col. Fremont, Senator:—It is very a-greeable to me, sir, to address you these linesby my excellent friend, our Minister to the Uni-ted States, M. de Gerolt. After having giv-en you in the new edition of my “Aspects ofNature” the public testimony of the admira-tion which is due to your gigantic labors be-tween St. Louis of Missouri, and the coastsof the South Sea, I feel happy to offer you.in this living token (dans ce petit signe devie,) the homage of my warm acknowledg-ment. You have displayed a noble couragein distant expeditions, braved all the dangersof cold and famine, enriched all the branchesof the natural sciences, illustrated a vastcountry which was most entirely unknown tous.“A merit so rare has been acknowledgedby a sovereign warmly interested in the prog-ress of physical geography; the King ordersme to offer you the grand golden medal des-tined to those who have labored at scientificprogress. I hope that this mark of the royalgood will be agreeable to you at a timewhen, upon the proposition of the illustrousgeographer, Charles Ritter, of the Geographi-cal Society at Berlin, has named you a hon-orarv member. For myself, I must thankyou particularly also for the honor whichyou have done in attaching my name and thatof my fellow-laborer and intimate friend. Mr.Bonpland, to countries neighboring to thosewhich have been the object of our labors.California, which has so nobly resisted the in-troduction of slavery, will be worthily repre-sented by a friend of liberty and of the prog-ress of intelligence.“Accept, I pray you, sir, the expression ofmy high and affectio@te consideration.“Your mos@ hu@ble and most obedient ser-vant.
Col. Fremont and Baron Humboldt.
“To Col. Fremont, Senator:—It is very a-greeable to me, sir, to address you these linesby my excellent friend, our Minister to the Uni-ted States, M. de Gerolt. After having giv-en you in the new edition of my “Aspects ofNature” the public testimony of the admira-tion which is due to your gigantic labors be-tween St. Louis of Missouri, and the coastsof the South Sea, I feel happy to offer you.in this living token (dans ce petit signe devie,) the homage of my warm acknowledg-ment. You have displayed a noble couragein distant expeditions, braved all the dangersof cold and famine, enriched all the branchesof the natural sciences, illustrated a vastcountry which was most entirely unknown tous.“A merit so rare has been acknowledgedby a sovereign warmly interested in the prog-ress of physical geography; the King ordersme to offer you the grand golden medal des-tined to those who have labored at scientificprogress. I hope that this mark of the royalgood will be agreeable to you at a timewhen, upon the proposition of the illustrousgeographer, Charles Ritter, of the Geographi-cal Society at Berlin, has named you a hon-orarv member. For myself, I must thankyou particularly also for the honor whichyou have done in attaching my name and thatof my fellow-laborer and intimate friend. Mr.Bonpland, to countries neighboring to thosewhich have been the object of our labors.California, which has so nobly resisted the in-troduction of slavery, will be worthily repre-sented by a friend of liberty and of the prog-ress of intelligence.“Accept, I pray you, sir, the expression ofmy high and affectio@te consideration.“Your mos@ hu@ble and most obedient ser-vant.
A. V. Humboldt.
“Sans Souci, Oct. 7, 1850.”On the envelope thus addressed:—“To Colonel Fremont, Senator,“With the Golden Medal“For the progress of the sciences.“Baron Humboldt.”The following is the description of the med-al: Of fine gold, massive, more than doublethe size of the American double eagle, and ofexquisite work manship. On the face is themedallion head of the King Frederic Williamthe Fourth surrounded by figures emblemat-ical of Religion, Jurisprudence, Medicine andthe Arts. On the reverse, Apollo, in thechariot of the sun, drawn by four high-met-tled plunging horses, traversing the zodiac,and darting rays of light from his head.The following is the recognition of Fre-mont’s geographical and geological laborswhich Baron Humboldt alludes to, as havingbeen embraced in one of his books:“Fremont’s map and geographical investi-gations comprehend the extensive region fromthe junction of the Kansas river with theMissouri to the falls of the Columbia, and tothe missions of Santa Barbara and Pueble delos Angeles, in New California; or a spaceof 28 degrees longitude, and from the 34th tothe 45th parallel of latitude. Four hundredpoints have been determined hyposometrical-ly by barometic observations, and, for themost part, geographically by astronomicalobservations; so that a district which, withthe winding of the route, amounts to 3,600geographical miles from the mouth of theKansas to Fort Van Couver and the shoresof the Pacific, (almost 720 miles more thanthe distance from Madrid to Tobolsk.) hasbeen represented in profile, showing the rel-ative heights above the level of the sea.“As I was, I believe, the first person whoundertook to represent, in geognostic profile,the form of entire countries—such as the Ibe-rian peninsula, the high lands of Mexico andthe Cordilleras of South America, (the semi-perspective profections of a Siberian traveler,Abbe Chappe, were founded on mere andgenerally ill-judged estimations of the fall ofrivers) it has given me particular pleasureto see the geographical method of represent-ing the form of the earth in a vertical direc-tion, or the elevations of the solid portion ofour planet above its watery covering, appliedon so grand a scale as has been done in Fre-mont’s map.”
PLANING.
PLANING.