Politics & Social Sciences | Political Philosophy
Free eBook

Humboldt: From 'The Gods and Other Lectures'

By Robert G. Ingersoll

2019-09-14 05:39:27

Excerpt......GREAT men seem to be a part of the infinite—brothers of the mountains and the seas. Humboldt was one of these. He was one of those serene men, in some respects like our own Franklin, whose names have all the lustre of a star. He was o ... Read more
Excerpt......GREAT men seem to be a part of the infinite—brothers of the mountains and the seas. Humboldt was one of these. He was one of those serene men, in some respects like our own Franklin, whose names have all the lustre of a star. He was one of the few, great enough to rise above the superstition and prejudice of his time and to know that experience, observation, and reason are the only basis of knowledge. He became one of the greatest of men in spite of having been born rich and noble—in spite of position. I say in spite of these things because wealth and position are generally the enemies of genius and the destroyers of talent. Less

Book Details

File size21.421 KB
Print pages18
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1425462382
autor-image
Robert G. Ingersoll
Author
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899) was an American writer and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "Th...

Related Books

View All
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The New Freedom a Call for the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln (Volume 7)
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln - Volume 2: 1843-1858
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Mind in the Making: The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Alcibiades II
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Volume 2
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Anarchism And Other Essays
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Bolshevism: The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln - Volume 6
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Thoughts on the Necessity of Improving the Condition of the Slaves in the British Colonies: With a View to Their Ultimate Emancipation and on the ... Of the Latter Measure (Classic Reprint)
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Native Life in South Africa: Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Creative Evolution
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln - Volume 1: 1832-1843
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Vol-IV
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Emile: Or, Concerning Education Extracts
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Writings of Thomas Paine - Volume 2: The Rights of Man
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Woman and the Right to Vote
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Essays in Rebellion
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Critique of Practical Reason
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
According to Plato
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln (Volume 5)
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
${ornaments[Math.floor(Math.random()*ornaments.length)]}
FREE
Under the Prophet in Utah: The National Menace of a Political Priestcraft
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Reviews

Sign in to write a review

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free

Stay in touch.

© 2026 AMPLE READS