Wilhelm Von

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    “Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.”
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

    “If we glance at the most important revolutions in history, we see at once that the greatest number of these originated in the periodical revolutions of the human mind.”
    —Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)

    “Nature is, after all, the only book that offers important content on every page.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)