At the limits of circumscribed knowledge, as from some lofty island shore, the eye delights to penetrate to distant regions.


Translated by E. C. Otte, Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe (Volume 1), General Review of Natural Phenomena (p. 81)

Alexander von Humboldt Quotes

At the limits of circumscribed knowledge, as from some lofty island shore, the eye delights to penetrate to distant regions.

At the limits of circumscribed knowledge, as from some lofty island shore, the eye delights to penetrate to distant regions.

At the limits of circumscribed knowledge, as from some lofty island shore, the eye delights to penetrate to distant regions.

At the limits of circumscribed knowledge, as from some lofty island shore, the eye delights to penetrate to distant regions.