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Louis Agassiz quotes: Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

Louis Agassiz quotes: The resources of the Deity cannot be so meagre, that, in order to create a human being endowed with reason, he must change a monkey into a man.

The resources of the Deity cannot be so meagre, that, in order to create a human being endowed with reason, he must change a monkey into a man.

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.

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: Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander.

Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander.

Louis Agassiz quotes: Embryology furnishes, also, the best measure of true affinities existing between animals.

Embryology furnishes, also, the best measure of true affinities existing between animals.

Louis Agassiz quotes: I cannot afford to waste my time making money.

I cannot afford to waste my time making money.

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.

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 possibilities of existence run so deeply into the extravagant that there is scarcely any conception too extraordinary for Nature to realise.

The possibilities of existence run so deeply into the extravagant that there is scarcely any conception too extraordinary for Nature to realise.

Louis Agassiz quotes: The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. You should never trifle with Nature.

The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. You should never trifle with Nature.

Louis Agassiz quotes: It is the job of prophets and scientists alike to proclaim the glories of God.

It is the job of prophets and scientists alike to proclaim the glories of God.

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.

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: The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake.

The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake.

Louis Agassiz quotes: Study nature, not books.

Study nature, not books.