Alexander von Humboldt Quote

Nature is a free domain ; and the profound conceptions and enjoyments she awakens within us can only be vividly delineated by thought clothed in exalted forms of speech, worthy of bearing witness to the majesty and greatness of the creation.

Translated by E. C. Otte, Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe (Volume I), Introduction (p. 1)