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genius alexander von humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt

With most animals, as with man, the alertness of the senses diminishes after years of work, after domestic habits and progress of culture.

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genius alexander von humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt

This view of a living nature where man is nothing is both odd and sad. Here, in a fertile land, in an eternal greenness, you search in vain for traces of man; you feel you are carried into a different world from the one you were born into.

genius alexander von humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt

Nature can be so soothing to the tormented mind.

genius alexander von humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt

I saw with regret, (and all scientific men have shared this feeling) that whilst the number of accurate instruments was daily increasing, we were still ignorant.

genius alexander von humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt

I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.

genius alexander von humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt

The most dangerous worldviews are the worldviews of those who have never viewed the world.

genius alexander von humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt

There are three stages of scientific discovery: first people deny it is true; then they deny it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.