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  1. Alain de Botton _ The Art of Travel

    Humboldt's early biographer, F.A. Schwarzenberg, subtitled his life of Humboldt What May Be Accomplished in a Lifetime. He summarised the areas of his subject's extraordinary curiosity as follows: '1} The knowledge of the Earth and its inhabitants. 2} The discovery of the higher laws of nature, which govern the universe, men, animals, plants, minerals. 3} The discovery of new forms of life. 4} The discovery of territories hitherto but imperfectly known, and their various productions. 5}The acquaintance with new species of the human race--- their manners, their language and the historical traces of their culture.' What may be accomplished in a lifetime---and seldom or never is.
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