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.
It is the job of prophets and scientists alike to proclaim the glories of God. - Louis Agassiz
It is the job of prophets and scientists alike to proclaim the glories of God.
- Louis Agassiz
The possibilities of existence run so deeply into the extravagant that there is scarcely any conception too extraordinary for Nature to realise. - Louis Agassiz
The possibilities of existence run so deeply into the extravagant that there is scarcely any conception too extraordinary for Nature to realise.
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 c… - Louis Agassiz
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 c…
I cannot afford to waste my time making money - Louis Agassiz
I cannot afford to waste my time making money
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
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.
Study nature not books - Louis Agassiz
Study nature not books
The world is the geologist's great puzzle-box; he stands before it like the child to whom the separate pieces of his puzzle remain a mystery till he … - Louis Agassiz
The world is the geologist's great puzzle-box; he stands before it like the child to whom the separate pieces of his puzzle remain a mystery till he …
The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake. - Louis Agassiz
The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake.
Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander. - Louis Agassiz
Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander.
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