I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met.
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Zum Autor"Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."
"I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
"Everything yields to diligence."
"I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county, to consist of a few well-chosen books, to be lent to the people of the country under regulations as would secure their safe return in due time."
"...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans."
"It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order."