“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.” MayDifferentDoneWholeScienceFoundGrowthNatureResultsStudyGroupsStageEvolutionFishesSentencesWhole LifeConclusionEggsDevotedSuccessionGeologyCorrespondenceSingle SentenceGeological Time Book:Agassiz on Evolution: Methods of study in natural history Source: Agassiz on Evolution: Methods of study in natural history
“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.” MenHumansReasonScienceOrderHuman BeingsEvolutionResourcesMonkeysDeities Book:Methods of Study in Natural History Source: Methods of Study in Natural History
“The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake.” MistakeTheoryEvolutionTheory Of Evolution Author:Louis Agassiz
“Today our duty is to destroy the myth of evolution, considered as a simple, understood, and explained phenomenon which keeps rapidly unfolding before us. Biologists must be encouraged to think about the weaknesses and extrapolations that theoreticians put forward or lay down as established truths. The deceit is sometimes unconscious, but not always, since some people, owing to their sectarianism, purposely overlook reality and refuse to acknowledge the inadequacies and falsity of their beliefs.” PeopleThinkingSometimesRealityTodayBeliefSimpleDutyEvolutionUnderstoodWeaknessLaysRefuseMythAcknowledgeUnconsciousDeceitPhenomenonUnfoldingInadequacyOwingBiologistSectarianismBe EncouragedFalsityCreation Myths Author:Louis Agassiz
