Results are nothing; the energies which produce them and wh… - Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Results are nothing; the energies which produce them and which again spring from them are everything.

Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt (22 June 1767 – 8 April 1835) was a government functionary, diplomat, philosopher, founder of Humboldt Universität in Berlin, a friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, and elder brother of naturalist Alexander von Humboldt who is especially remembered as a linguist who made important contributions to the philosophy of language and to the theory and practice of education.

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Alternative Names: Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt • Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt • Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt

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