Chapter 1

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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.