“We have really, that I know of, no philosophical basis for high and low. Moreover, the vegetable kingdom does not culminate, as the animal kingdom does. It is not a kingdom, but a common-wealth; a democracy, and therefore puzzling and unaccountable from the former point of view.” KnowsDoeScienceWealthAnimalViewsCommonDemocracyEvolutionLowsBasesPhilosophicalPoint Of ViewKingdomsFormerVegetablesHighs And LowsPuzzlingAnimal Kingdom Book:Letters of Asa Gray Source: Letters of Asa Gray
“Agassiz, when I saw him last, had read but a part of Origin of Species. He says it is POOR-VERY POOR!!. The fact is, he is very much annoyed by it.” FactsLastsPoorSawsEvolutionSpeciesAnnoyedOrigin Of Species Author:Asa Gray
“This view, as a rounded whole and in all its essential elements, has very recently disappeared from science. It died a royal death with Agassiz.” WholeScienceViewsEvolutionEssentialsElementsDiedSpeciesRoyal Book:Natural Science and Religion Source: Natural Science and Religion
