“During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge of his time in its details, and to bring it within one vast generalization. At the present juncture, it is obviously very doubtful whether this task could be accomplished in a similar way, even by a mind with gifts so peculiarly suited for the purpose as Humboldt's was, and if all his time and work were devoted to the purpose.” IfsKnowsWayMindFirstsAbleSciencePurposeHalfKnowledgeCenturyTasksDetailsAccomplishedDevotedDoubtfulGeneralizationScientific KnowledgeJuncture Author:Hermann von Helmholtz
“If I have accomplished anything, I owe it, among other fortunate circumstances, to the fact that through the early training bestowed on me by my father, I started, I may fairly say, with an advantage of a quarter of a century over my contemporaries.” IfsMayFactsFatherCenturyCircumstancesTrainingAdvantageFortunateAccomplishedQuartersQuarter Of A Century Book:Autobiography Source: Autobiography
“Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic genre has continued to flourish and evolve since the days of Bram Stoker, producing some of its most interesting and accomplished examples in the 20th century - in literature, film and beyond.” FilmLiteratureInterestingCenturyExampleReaderTruth IsEvolveGenreAccomplished20th CenturyCastlesGothicMost InterestingGloomySinisterStoker Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“There is plenty of room left for exact experiment in art, and the gate has been opened for some time. What had been accomplished in music by the end of the eighteenth century has only begun in the fine arts. Mathematics and physics have given us a clue in the form of rules to be strictly observed or departed from, as the case may be. Here salutary discipline is come to grips first of all with the function of forms, and not with form as the final result … in this way we learn how to look beyond the surface and get to the root of things.” WayFirstsLooksMayHas BeensArtEndsFormLeftGivenRoomsResultsMusicCasesLearningCenturyFineDisciplineRootsFunctionMathematicsFinalsSurfacePhysicsExperimentsPlentyAccomplishedGatesClueFine ArtsDeparted Author:Paul Klee
“Erasmus was the light of his century; others were its strength: he lighted the way; others knew how to walk on it while he himselfremained in the shadow as the source of light always does. But he who points the way into a new era is no less worthy of veneration than he who is the first to enter it; those who work invisibly have also accomplished a feat.” WayFirstsDoeLightLeadershipWalksHistoryCenturySourceShadowWorthyErasAccomplishedFeatsNew EraVenerationErasmus Author:Stefan Zweig
“In the two centuries that have passed since 1776, millions upon millions of Americans have worked and taken up arms when necessary to make that dream a reality. We can be extremely proud of what they have accomplished. Today, we are the world's oldest republic. We are at peace. Our Nation and our way of life endure. We are free.” WorldWayTwoDreamRealityTodayAmericaNationsFreedomMillionsTakenCenturyArmsProudEndureAccomplishedRepublicAmerican DreamBe Proud Author:Gerald R. Ford
“Where psychedelics comes together with that is that it's going to require a transformation of human language and understanding to stop the momentum of the historical process, to halt nuclear proliferation, germ warfare, infantile 19th century politics, all these things. It cannot be accomplished through a frontal assault upon it by political means.” HumansMeanTogetherPoliticalLanguageProcessUnderstandingCenturyTransformationHistoricalNuclearAccomplishedWarfareAssaultMomentum19th CenturyHaltGermsProliferationInfantileHuman LanguageNuclear Proliferation Author:Terence McKenna