Franz Boas

It is our task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the sequence of events that have led to the establishment of the multifarious forms of human life

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom

There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been established.