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PASSAGE TO COSMOS: ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AND THE SHAPING OF AMERICA." THE AUTHOR, LAURA WAHL. >> NOW, AS ALL OF
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YOU ALREADY KNOW, THE PROGRAM THIS MORNING IS TITLED ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AND THE SHAPING OF AMERICA. VON HUMBOLDT, SCIENTIST, EXPLORER AND DIPLOMAT,...
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ALFONSE ALBERT -- JEFFERSON'S SECRETARY OF TREASURY AND FUTURE PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON. THE SEEDS FOR VON HUMBOLDT'S GREAT WORK, "COSMOS," WERE SET...
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VIRGINIA INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITIES, WAS IT? FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITIES. THESE EVENTS ARE CRUCIAL FOR KEEPING CULTURE ALIVE IN OUR COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY,...
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QUESTION IS THIS, -
WHAT WAS MORE HIS METHOD THAN HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO FUTURE EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS WOULD GUARANTEE THAT NEVER AGAIN WOULD THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...
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YOU TALK ABOUT RECENT WRITINGS OF EDWARD CASEY AND HIS TAKE ON A LANDSCAPE PAINTING THAT EXTENDS WITH THE THINGS WE MENTIONED AND HE TALKS ABOUT...
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THIS WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY REPRESENTATIONAL AND CASEY'S WORK IS A WAY TO THINK OF WAYS TO MAKE SOMETHING PRESENT TO US WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE THEME...
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| 00:56:01 |
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FORCIBLY THEN IS THE FUNDAMENTAL FACT OF HUMBOLDT PURSUING SCIENCE NOT IN A LABORATORY OR IN AN ABSTRACT TOP DOWN DEDUCTIVE WAY. HUMBOLDT WAS VERY IMPATIENT...
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I DIDN'T READ THAT PASSAGE BUT THAT WAS ONE OF HIS BOLD. THERE WAS THE CANAL THAT LINKED THE AMAZON RIVER SYSTEMS AND HOW COULD THERE BE A CANAL THAT...
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OF THIS MAP -- >> THIS IS PLANT GEOGRAPHY. THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS THE TOP, HUMBOLDT WROTE IN THE ESSAY ON GEOGRAPHY OF PLANTS THAT HAS NEVER BEEN FULLY...
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ENGLISH THE FIRST GOOD TRANSLATION OF THIS FOUNDATIONAL WORK TO PLANT GEOGRAPHY BUT EVEN MORE TO ECOLOGY. THIS IS FOUNDATIONAL IN MANY RESPECTS. GO BACK....
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THE QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE EXTENT TO WHICH HUMBOLDT UTILIZED THE WORK OF CLUBAPARA IN SPAIN. THE CREOLE JAZZ A WET JUST AS JEFFERSON WAS A CREOLE...
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RESEARCH. THAT PARTICULAR DOORWAY, I RECOGNIZED THE NAME. HUMBOLDT SPEND A YEAR IN MEXICO AND MUCH OF THAT TIME WAS IN LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES TRYING...
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. >> WHEN IS THAT
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AVAILABLE? >> MARCH OF 2010. COPIES COULD BE SHIPPED EVEN AS I
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SPEAK. >> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL BOOK OPEN UP AMAZON. IT SHOULD BE RIGHT THERE. A BRAND NEW TRANSLATION WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL
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PARAPHERNALIA AND FOLD OUT DAN GRAHAM'S. AN ESSAY ON
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THE GEOGRAPHY OF PLANTS. WILL THAT HAVE TO DO IT? I SUPPOSE SO. I SAW ONE HAND. >> DOES HUMBOLDT CORRESPOND WITH MERIWETHER LEWIS? >> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE....
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WERE GOING THROUGH HIS
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POSSESSIONS. RATHER THAN HAVE THEM COMING -- THERE'S NO CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HIM AND MERIWETHER LEWIS BUT I DON'T KNOW OF ANY. YOU HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL...
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