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Goethe, lover of nature as he was, ruled mathematics out of place in natural history.
— D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Goethe, lover of nature as he was, ruled mathematics out of place in natural history." in the context of "D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, On Growth and Form (1917)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" (Quotes about Goethe)
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About Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it,