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Geologist

Louis Agassiz, born on May 28, 1807 in Switzerland and died on December 14, 1873 in the United States, was a renowned geologist in the 19th century. He made significant contributions to the fields of paleontology and geology.

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“Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Next they say it has been discovered before. Lastly they say they always believed it.”

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Author:Louis Agassiz

“Facts are the words of God, and we may heap them together endlessly, but they will teach us little or nothing till we place them in their true relations, and recognize the thought that binds them together.”

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Book:Methods of Study in Natural History

Source: Methods of Study in Natural History

“Philosophers and theologians have yet to learn that a physical fact is as sacred as a moral principle. Our own nature demands from us this double allegiance.”

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Author:Louis Agassiz

“The office of science is not to record possibilities; but to ascertain what nature does ... As far as Darwinism deals with mere arguments of possibilities or even probabilities, without a basis of fact, it departs from the true scientific method and injures science, as most of the devotees of the new ism have already done.”

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Author:Louis Agassiz

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

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“The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal.”

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Book:Geological Sketches

Source: Geological Sketches

About the Author

Born: May 28, 1807
Died: December 14, 1873
Known for: Geologist
Quotes: 49

Books & Sources

Geological SketchesRelated source material

Methods of Study in Natural HistoryRelated source material

Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America: pt. I. Essay on classification. pt. II. North American Testudinata. 1857Related source material

Report on the Florida ReefsRelated source material

Agassiz on Evolution: Methods of study in natural historyRelated source material

An Essay on ClassificationRelated source material

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