Alexander von Humboldt Quote

Science only begins for man from the moment his mind lays hold of matter, - when he strives to subject the mass accumulated by experience to rational combinations...


Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe (Volume 1), Introduction (p. 64), Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. 1849


Science only begins for man from the moment his mind lays hold of matter, - when he strives to subject the mass accumulated by experience to rational ...

Science only begins for man from the moment his mind lays hold of matter, - when he strives to subject the mass accumulated by experience to rational ...

Science only begins for man from the moment his mind lays hold of matter, - when he strives to subject the mass accumulated by experience to rational ...

Science only begins for man from the moment his mind lays hold of matter, - when he strives to subject the mass accumulated by experience to rational ...