Human spirit Quote by Wilhelm Von Humboldt

““As soon as one stops searching for knowledge, or if one imagines that it need not be creatively sought in the depths of the human spirit but can be assembled extensively by collecting and classifying facts, everything is irrevocably and forever lost.””

Wilhelm Von Humboldt

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