“By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement. Indeed, phenomena have there occurred of a nature so completely unexpected--so entirely novel--so utterly at variance with preconceived opinions--as to leave no doubt on my mind that long ere this all Europe is in an uproar, all physics in a ferment, all reason and astronomy together by the ears.”
![“I like it [Rotterdam] much better than Amsterdam which is too much like a postcard. It's too cute for me. Rotterdam is more real, it's got a stomach.” quote by Nan Goldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a42/nan-goldin-6289_amsterdam_i-like-it-rotterdam-much-better-than-ams_3074068.jpg)
