[Alexander von Humboldt was the] greatest scientific traveller who ever lived. - Charles Darwin

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You will have wonderful surges forward. Then there must be a time of consolidating before the next forward surge. Accept this as part of the process and never become downhearted.

Charles Darwin

[Alexander von Humboldt was the] greatest scientific traveller who ever lived.

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