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LETTERS. 239
and motives of others, wherever it can be done, while, with
the whole energy of our mind, we endeavor to throw light
upon the subjects under contention, and thus, by the inhe-
rent power of truth and light, compel the antagonist te
be converted, and amend his views when they are wrong.
I do not know whether a writer who is the leader of a cer-
tain party, can absolutely hold this point of view in which
he acknowledges the good in an opponent and sees the
wrong in the ultra, even if he belonged to his own party
—the impartial, the Christian point of view; but I feel
sure that he would infinitely promote the cause of a higher
civilization and the interests for which he works, if he oc-
cupies this position (because the acrimony of the opposi-
tion would thereby become softened), while, with all the
power of political penetration, tact, etc., which are at his
command, and which he ought preéminently to possess, he
would throw light upon the political arena. He would be-
come irresistible, unconquerable, if in his political phalanx
he were to enroll this higher system of politics — aye, made
it the commander-in-chief of his army.
Listen to me one moment, as you have done once before
on serious subjects. Surely your own sister could not
approach you ina more sincere and friendly spirit than I
do at this moment. It is therefore that I request you to
grant me a moment’s hearing, and also — I’confess it —
because I feel that I have something to tell you, which
ought not to be rejected. See herein only a proof of the
confidence which I have in you; of the weight and the
value which I attach to your activity for our beloved native
country, for letter-writing is not my weakness, least of all
when it requires any great exertion of thought. I would
rather be silent, if it were not that now and then something
within me compels me to speak out, at all events to per-
. Sens in whose head and heart I feel confidence.
In my little pamphlet upon Marienberg and Kaisers-
werth, I have shown the contrast between two convictions:
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