“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
“In-depth studies have an influence on general ideas, whereas theories, in turn, in order to maintain themselves, push their spectators to search for new evidence. The mind's activity that is maintained by the debates about these works, is probably the source of the greatest joys given to man to experience on Earth.” MenMindIdeasEarthScienceJoyOrderTurnsGivenStudyInfluenceTheorySourceActivityEvidenceDepthDebateSpectatorsGeology Author:Louis Agassiz
“The surface of the earth is not simply a stage on which the thousands of present and past inhabitants played their parts in turn. There are much more intimate relations between the earth and the living organisms which populated it, and it may even be demonstrated that the earth was developed because of them.” MayEarthPastScienceTurnsStageRelationSurfaceIntimateOrganismsGeologyLiving Organisms Author: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 detects their relation and sees where they fit, and then his fragments grow at once into a connected picture beneath his hand.” WorldChildrenHandsEarthScienceGrowsPiecesMysteryFitRelationBoxesConnectedPuzzlesFragmentsGeologyGeologist Book:Geological Sketches Source: Geological Sketches
