Naturalist · Unknown · 1769 – 1859
3 quotes
Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people. Wherever one notices them, they constitute a sign of ignorance and brutality which cannot be painted over even by all the evidence of wealth and luxury.
Insight into universal nature provides an intellectual delight and sense of freedom that no blows of fate and no evil can destroy.
Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben. (The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world)
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