Author
Alexander von Humboldt is documented in Fuller’s published essays (1845). 2 distinct works are named, most often in The ‘Kosmos’ of Alexan. von Humboldt., and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
“Amidst the fuss of political and theological reformation, which leaves Germany no peace in these days, a gleam of pure and noble joy, a gush of deeper emotion have greeted the appearance of the first volume of Von Humboldt’s Kosmos.”
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“find their brittle faith disturbed by Von Humboldt’s Cosmos, as it was a few months since by the “Vestiges of Creation.” Von Humbolt, indeed, writes in the most serene and reverent spirit”
Fuller, Margaret. "Some Items of Foreign Gossip." New-York Daily Tribune, 2 August 1845. · 2 August 1845
“Amidst the fuss of political and theological reformation, which leaves Germany no peace in these days, a gleam of pure and noble joy, a gush of deeper emotion have greeted the appearance of the first volume of Von Humboldt’s Kosmos.”
“What he has uttered on the subject in fragmentary ways from time to time has been treasured up by his country and the civilized world”
Fuller, Margaret. "The ‘Kosmos’ of Alexan. von Humboldt." New-York Daily Tribune, 11 July 1845.