I have devoted my whole life to the study of Nature, and yet a single sentence may express all that I have done. I have shown that there is a correspondence between the succession of Fishes in geological times and the different stages of their growth in the egg,-this is all. It chanced to be a result that was found to apply to other groups and has led to other conclusions of a like nature.
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.
- Louis Agassiz
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.
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…
The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake. - Louis Agassiz
The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake.
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.
Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander. - Louis Agassiz
Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander.
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 …
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