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Louis Agassiz Quotes

Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander Picture Quote #1

The glacier was God’s great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth? Picture Quote #1

Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it Picture Quote #1

The glacier was God’s great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth Picture Quote #1

One naturally asks, what was the use of this great engine set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth? We have our answer in the fertile soil which spreads over the temperate regions of the globe. The glacier was God’s great plough Picture Quote #1

In Europe I have been accused of taking my scientific ideas from the Church. In America I have been called a heretic, because I will not let my church-going friends pat me on the head Picture Quote #1

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The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. You should never trifle with Nature Picture Quote #1

The glacier was God’s great plough... set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth? Picture Quote #1

Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it Picture Quote #1

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law Picture Quote #1

Embryology furnishes, also, the best measure of true affinities existing between animals Picture Quote #1

Study nature not books Picture Quote #1

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I cannot afford to waste my time making money Picture Quote #1

Today our duty is to destroy the myth of evolution, considered as a simple, understood, and explained phenomenon which keeps rapidly unfolding before us. Biologists must be encouraged to think about the weaknesses and extrapolations that theoreticians put forward or lay down as established truths. The deceit is sometimes unconscious, but not always, since some people, owing to their sectarianism, purposely overlook reality and refuse to acknowledge the inadequacies and falsity of their beliefs Picture Quote #1

A laboratory of natural history is a sanctuary where nothing profane should be tolerated. I feel less agony at improprieties in churches than in a scientific laboratory Picture Quote #1

As long as men inquire, they will find opportunities to know more upon these topics than those who have gone before them, so inexhaustibly rich is nature in the innermost diversity of her treasures of beauty, order and intelligence Picture Quote #1

I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is not by a direct intervention on our part that we may remedy the difficulties, but rather by a precise knowledge of their causes, which may enable us, if not to check, at least to avoid the evil consequences Picture Quote #1

There is no part of the country where in the summer you cannot get a sufficient supply of the best specimens. Teach your children to bring them in for themselves. Take your text from the brooks, not from the booksellers Picture Quote #1

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The surface of the earth is not simply a stage on which the thousands of present and past inhabitants played their parts in turn. There are much more intimate relations between the earth and the living organisms which populated it, and it may even be demonstrated that the earth was developed because of them Picture Quote #1

Philosophers and theologians have yet to learn that a physical fact is as sacred as a moral principle. Our own nature demands from us this double allegiance Picture Quote #1

A smattering of everything is worth little. It is a fallacy to suppose that an encyclopaedic knowledge is desirable. The mind is made strong, not through much learning, but by the thorough possession of something Picture Quote #1

The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal Picture Quote #1

The eye of the trilobite tells us that the sun shone on the old beach where he lived; for there is nothing in nature without a purpose, and when so complicated an organ was made to receive the light, there must have been light to enter it Picture Quote #1

The time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life of the world Picture Quote #1

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Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander (Louis Agassiz Quotes) The glacier was God’s great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth? (Louis Agassiz Quotes) Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it. (Louis Agassiz Quotes) The glacier was God’s great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth. (Louis Agassiz Quotes) One naturally asks, what was the use of this great engine set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth? We have our answer in the fertile soil which spreads over the temperate regions of the globe. The glacier was God’s great plough (Louis Agassiz Quotes) In Europe I have been accused of taking my scientific ideas from the Church. In America I have been called a heretic, because I will not let my church-going friends pat me on the head (Louis Agassiz Quotes) The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. You should never trifle with Nature (Louis Agassiz Quotes) The glacier was God’s great plough... set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth? (Louis Agassiz Quotes) Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it (Louis Agassiz Quotes) Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law (Louis Agassiz Quotes) Embryology furnishes, also, the best measure of true affinities existing between animals (Louis Agassiz Quotes) Study nature not books (Louis Agassiz Quotes) I cannot afford to waste my time making money (Louis Agassiz Quotes) Today our duty is to destroy the myth of evolution, considered as a simple, understood, and explained phenomenon which keeps rapidly unfolding before us. Biologists must be encouraged to think about the weaknesses and extrapolations that theoreticians put forward or lay down as established truths. The deceit is sometimes unconscious, but not always, since some people, owing to their sectarianism, purposely overlook reality and refuse to acknowledge the inadequacies and falsity of their beliefs (Louis Agassiz Quotes) A laboratory of natural history is a sanctuary where nothing profane should be tolerated. I feel less agony at improprieties in churches than in a scientific laboratory (Louis Agassiz Quotes) As long as men inquire, they will find opportunities to know more upon these topics than those who have gone before them, so inexhaustibly rich is nature in the innermost diversity of her treasures of beauty, order and intelligence (Louis Agassiz Quotes) I may say that here, as in most cases where the operations of nature interfere with the designs of man, it is not by a direct intervention on our part that we may remedy the difficulties, but rather by a precise knowledge of their causes, which may enable us, if not to check, at least to avoid the evil consequences (Louis Agassiz Quotes) There is no part of the country where in the summer you cannot get a sufficient supply of the best specimens. Teach your children to bring them in for themselves. Take your text from the brooks, not from the booksellers (Louis Agassiz Quotes) The surface of the earth is not simply a stage on which the thousands of present and past inhabitants played their parts in turn. There are much more intimate relations between the earth and the living organisms which populated it, and it may even be demonstrated that the earth was developed because of them (Louis Agassiz Quotes) Philosophers and theologians have yet to learn that a physical fact is as sacred as a moral principle. Our own nature demands from us this double allegiance (Louis Agassiz Quotes) A smattering of everything is worth little. It is a fallacy to suppose that an encyclopaedic knowledge is desirable. The mind is made strong, not through much learning, but by the thorough possession of something (Louis Agassiz Quotes) The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal (Louis Agassiz Quotes) The eye of the trilobite tells us that the sun shone on the old beach where he lived; for there is nothing in nature without a purpose, and when so complicated an organ was made to receive the light, there must have been light to enter it (Louis Agassiz Quotes) The time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life of the world (Louis Agassiz Quotes)