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[Humboldt, Alexander von]: Alexander von Humboldt [Beschreibung eines von Eduard Hildebrandt gemalten Aquarells]. [Berlin], [1856].

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English Translation of the original autograph Inscription.

In youth, man wanders through God's sublime world open to all impressions,
buoyed up by a hope - strong beyond its resources - of unriddling the secrets
of Nature, and lost in the delights of research and imagination. In every clime
he feels his mind roused to a sense of higher intellectual enjoyment, whether he
casts a look upwards to the everlasting lights of the firmament, or downwards to
the silent powers at work in the finely woven cells of the vegetable kingdom.
These impressions, by very reason of their strength, remain isolated in their
operation. But when, after a long and active life, old age and the decline of
physical power imperatively command repose, the substance of what has been
collected is increased and enriched by stringing together the conclusions which
the inquirer has formed for himself, as well as by laboriously comparing them
with the recorded results of those who have preceded him in the same field.
The mind by this process vindicates its dominion over matter, and endeavours
to reduce the accumulated mass of empirical experience, partially at least, within
the province of rational knowledge. His next object is to trace, through the
whole extent of Nature, the principle of Law. This philosophic effort to attain
an understanding of Nature, gradually, though mostly not until late in life,
dispels the longcherished dreams of symbolizing mythes.

Berlin, November 1857.   Alexander von Humboldt.

English Translation of the original autograph Inscription.

In youth, man wanders through God’s sublime world open to all impressions,
buoyed up by a hope – strong beyond its resources – of unriddling the secrets
of Nature, and lost in the delights of research and imagination. In every clime
he feels his mind roused to a sense of higher intellectual enjoyment, whether he
casts a look upwards to the everlasting lights of the firmament, or downwards to
the silent powers at work in the finely woven cells of the vegetable kingdom.
These impressions, by very reason of their strength, remain isolated in their
operation. But when, after a long and active life, old age and the decline of
physical power imperatively command repose, the substance of what has been
collected is increased and enriched by stringing together the conclusions which
the inquirer has formed for himself, as well as by laboriously comparing them
with the recorded results of those who have preceded him in the same field.
The mind by this process vindicates its dominion over matter, and endeavours
to reduce the accumulated mass of empirical experience, partially at least, within
the province of rational knowledge. His next object is to trace, through the
whole extent of Nature, the principle of Law. This philosophic effort to attain
an understanding of Nature, gradually, though mostly not until late in life,
dispels the longcherished dreams of symbolizing mythes.

Berlin, November 1857.   Alexander von Humboldt.

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[[4]/0004] English Translation of the original autograph Inscription. In youth, man wanders through God’s sublime world open to all impressions, buoyed up by a hope – strong beyond its resources – of unriddling the secrets of Nature, and lost in the delights of research and imagination. In every clime he feels his mind roused to a sense of higher intellectual enjoyment, whether he casts a look upwards to the everlasting lights of the firmament, or downwards to the silent powers at work in the finely woven cells of the vegetable kingdom. These impressions, by very reason of their strength, remain isolated in their operation. But when, after a long and active life, old age and the decline of physical power imperatively command repose, the substance of what has been collected is increased and enriched by stringing together the conclusions which the inquirer has formed for himself, as well as by laboriously comparing them with the recorded results of those who have preceded him in the same field. The mind by this process vindicates its dominion over matter, and endeavours to reduce the accumulated mass of empirical experience, partially at least, within the province of rational knowledge. His next object is to trace, through the whole extent of Nature, the principle of Law. This philosophic effort to attain an understanding of Nature, gradually, though mostly not until late in life, dispels the longcherished dreams of symbolizing mythes. Berlin, November 1857. Alexander von Humboldt.

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Zitationshilfe: [Humboldt, Alexander von]: Alexander von Humboldt [Beschreibung eines von Eduard Hildebrandt gemalten Aquarells]. [Berlin], [1856], S. [4]. In: Deutsches Textarchiv <https://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/humboldt_hildebrandt_1856/4>, abgerufen am 24.11.2024.