“To inquire and to create;—these are the grand centres around which all human pursuits revolve,”

—  Wilhelm Von Humboldt

Source: The Limits of State Action (1792), Ch. 8
Context: 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.

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