That which for a long time remains merely an object of vague intuition, by degrees acquires the certainty of positive truth; and man, as an I immortal poet has said, in our own tongue - Amid ceaseless change seeks the unchanging pole.


Cosmos (Volume I), Introduction (p. 16)

Alexander von Humboldt Quotes

That which for a long time remains merely an object of vague intuition, by degrees acquires the certainty of positive truth; and man, as an I...

That which for a long time remains merely an object of vague intuition, by degrees acquires the certainty of positive truth; and man, as an I...

That which for a long time remains merely an object of vague intuition, by degrees acquires the certainty of positive truth; and man, as an I...

That which for a long time remains merely an object of vague intuition, by degrees acquires the certainty of positive truth; and man, as an I...