To inquire and to create;-these are the grand centres around which all human pursuits revolve, or at least to these objects do they all more or less directly refer. (Wilhelm von Humboldt)

To inquire and to create;-these are the grand centres around which all human pursuits revolve, or at least to these objects do they all more or less directly refer.

Wilhelm von Humboldt

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