As a rule, theologians know nothing of this world, and far less of the next; but they have the power of stating the most absurd propositions with faces solemn as stupidity touched by fear.It is a part...
He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.
[Alexander von Humboldt was the] greatest scientific traveller who ever lived.
[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures.