“[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“This man [Alexander von Humboldt] is as knowledgeable as a whole academy.” — Claude Louis Berthollet Copy Share Image
“Every scientist is a descendant of Humboldt . We are all his family.” — Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond Copy Share Image
[Alexander von Humboldt was the] greatest scientific traveller who ever lived. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met.” — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.” — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
“The real discoverer of South America was [Alexander von] Humboldt, since his work was more useful for our people than the work… — Simón Bolívar Copy Share Image
The science of Humboldt is one thing, poetry is another thing. The poet to-day, notwithstanding all the discoveries of science, and the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Columbus gave Europe a New World; [Alexander von] Humboldt made it known in its physical, material, intellectual, and moral aspects.” — José Cipriano de la Luz y Caballero Copy Share Image
“History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge… — Hermann von Helmholtz Copy Share Image
I couldn't do my show without spending 12 years on the streets of Humboldt Park. It made me a better interrogator. Still,… — Steve Wilkos Copy Share Image
“But when on shore, & wandering in the sublime forests, surrounded by views more gorgeous than even Claude ever imagined, I enjoy… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“ Humboldt's glorious descriptions are & will for ever be unparalleled: but even he with his dark blue skies & the rare… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“As a rule, theologians know nothing of this world, and far less of the next; but they have the power of stating… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among them, as they… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Darwin, landing in Brazil in 1832, had a similar reaction, colored by his reading of his predecessor." Humboldt's glorious descriptions are &… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
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