A book on nature should produce an impression like nature itself.
In plain words
A story about nature should feel as alive as nature itself.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Letters of Alexander von Humboldt to Varnhagen von Ense, trans. Friedrich Kapp (Rudd & Carleton, 1860; Gutenberg #67420). Letter 16, Humboldt to Varnhagen, Oct. 24, 1834, signed A. V. Humboldt.
- Letters to Varnhagen von Ense
- 1834 · explaining his plan for writing Kosmos, the book describing the whole of nature
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