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Moritz Goldschmidt on seeing the world

The oldest source for a much-misattributed line

“The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world.” The line is usually pinned on Alexander von Humboldt, but Quote Investigator traces the earliest known version to the German educator Moritz Goldschmidt in 1895 — a reminder that the pithiest travel wisdom is often orphaned from its real author.

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