People
- Alexander von Humboldt, German natural scientist, brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt
- Wilhelm von Humboldt, German linguist, philosopher, and diplomat, brother of Alexander von Humboldt
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“[A trip to France] will make you adore your own country, it’s soil, it’s climate, it’s equality, liberty, laws, people and manners. My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy.”
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