«How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver» Proverbs 16:16.
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Alexander von Humboldt was born in 1769 at the Tegel Palace, near Berlin (Germany), to a Prussian aristocratic family. He was educated by tutors who instilled a passion for natural sciences in him. He studied law at the University of Gottingen, according to his mother’s wishes, but that did not keep him from attending natural sciences classes. In 1797 he met Ajmé Bonpland, a botanist who, like Humboldt, wanted to set off on an expedition. Together they sailed along the Mediterranean coast from Marseilles to Barcelona, Valencia and Alicante, sketching the first precise sectorial map of the relief of the Iberian Peninsulas. In Madrid, Humboldt and Bonpland met Mariano Luis de Urquijo, the King’s Secretary of State and, thanks to his help, in March 1799 they went before Charles IV and obtained safe-conducts to explore the American provinces belonging to the Spanish. The explorers set sail on June 5, 1799 from La Corufia with a pile of luggage and 42 scientific instruments. For a bit more than five years they travelled over 6,200 miles, going through Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Central America and Mexico. In addition, they visited Cuba and the United States, where they stayed at the White House as President Jefferson’s guests of honor.
That trip allowed Humboldt to rediscover America and ponder on the enormous natural riches it possessed. Their great adventure ended in Paris in 1804, where they were enthusiastically received. Both scientists had explored and documented Latin-American fauna, flora, geography and ethnography during what until then had been the most ambitious expedition in history. Throughout his life Humboldt specialized in ethnography, anthropology, physics, zoology, ornithology, climatology, oceanography, astronomy, geography, mineralogy, botany, volcanology and humanism. The German naturalist said the following regarding his research, «To me nature is not only objective phenomena, but rather a reflection of men’s spirit.» His observations were published in thirty volumes throughout thirty years and they are a huge contribution to scientific knowledge.
Once your work life begins, you’ll spend most of your time working. That’s why it’s important to study and learn to do what you enjoy and love, so that throughout your life you’ll have great satisfaction. Those kinds of people are committed to what they do because work is highly meaningful to them.
Ask the Lord to help you prepare for a job that will greatly satisfy you and allow you to contribute something good to this world.
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Take From: Daily Devotions for Youth 2020
«A New You»
From: Alejandro Medina Villareal
Collaborators: Gezer Noria & Misael Morillo
