. Gabriele von Bülow, daughter of Wilhelm von Humboldt: a memoir compiled from the family papers of Wilhelm von Humboldt and his children, 1791-1887;. bility of refusing so important an offer, and onewhich would certainly never be repeated. She thereforecomplied with her grandsons urgent request, sacrificed thepast to the future, ancestors to descendants, and in 1885 soldBurg-Oerner. But we have hurried on ahead of time and must return tosee Gabriele enter upon her last decade. Joy and sorrow inher case depended on the vicissitudes in the lives of thosewho were bound to her by ties of blood an
. Gabriele von Bülow, daughter of Wilhelm von Humboldt: a memoir compiled from the family papers of Wilhelm von Humboldt and his children, 1791-1887;. bility of refusing so important an offer, and onewhich would certainly never be repeated. She thereforecomplied with her grandsons urgent request, sacrificed thepast to the future, ancestors to descendants, and in 1885 soldBurg-Oerner. But we have hurried on ahead of time and must return tosee Gabriele enter upon her last decade. Joy and sorrow inher case depended on the vicissitudes in the lives of thosewho were bound to her by ties of blood and friendship. Shewas still so wonderfully active that travelling was more of arecreation than a fatigue. In the year 1880, for instance, shewent once more to spend a week at Ottmachau with her sister-in-law Mathilde. Frau von Humboldt was only two yearsolder than Gabriele von Bulow, but for the last ten years shehad lived the retired life of an old woman, although mentallyshe still preserved much of the inborn cheerfulness that evenher unusually hard fate had been unable to destroy. Theywere glorious autumn days in which the two grandmothers in. #s^ ***** <^# » S^/Z/Y THE OLD AGE OF GABRIELE 427 the fine old mansion looked back together upon a long spanof life, peacefully conscious that evening had now come andthat the day was drawing to a close. And yet in their oldage how different these two women were! Mathilde vonHumboldts work in the world had long been over ; she satresting, watching the turmoil of the present from afar—a yearlater she entered into everlasting rest. Gabriele von Biilowstill continued to take an active part in life; she was still sonecessary, so indispensable. She would often jestingly callherself the locomotive, and indeed it was generally she whoinstigated all kinds of enterprises. Her liveliness had in-creased rather than decreased with age ; she possessed in anunusual degree the talent of putting herself in the place andcircumstances of other pe
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