VOLUME I
E. C. (Elise C.) Otté translation
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COSMOS
A SKETCH OR A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE
BY ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY E. C. OTTE
Naturae vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fides caret, si quis modo partes ejus ac non totam complectatur animo. — Plin., 'Hist. Nat.', lib. vii, c. 1.