“You cannot do without one specialty. You must have some base-line to measure the work and attainments of others. For a general view of the subject, study the history of the sciences. Broad knowledge of all Nature has been the possession of no naturalist except Humboldt, and general relations constituted his specialty.” Has BeensScienceLinesViewsKnowledgeStudySubjectsHard WorkRelationPossessionBroadsAttainmentNaturalistSpecialty Author:Louis Agassiz
“I will frankly tell you that my experience in prolonged scientific investigations convinces me that a belief in God-a God who is behind and within the chaos of vanishing points of human knowledge-adds a wonderful stimulus to the man who attempts to penetrate into the regions of the unknown.” MenHumansGodScienceBeliefBehindsKnowledgeWonderfulHe ManAddChaosConvinceRegionsInvestigationBiographiesPenetrateStimulusBelief In GodVanishingHuman KnowledgeVanishing Point Author:Louis Agassiz
“A smattering of everything is worth little. It is a fallacy to suppose that an encyclopaedic knowledge is desirable. The mind is made strong, not through much learning, but by the thorough possession of something.” MindLittlesMadeScienceStrongKnowledgeLearningPossessionDesirableThoroughFallacy Author:Louis Agassiz
“It is better to have a few forms well known than to teach a little about many hundred species. Better a dozen specimens thoroughly studied as the result of the first year's work, than to have two thousand dollars' worth of shells and corals bought from a curiosity-shop. The dozen animals would be your own.” YearsFirstsWellsLittlesTwoWould BeFormScienceAnimalResultsKnownKnowledgeTeachTeachingThousandHundredDollarsSpeciesCuriosityShopsDozenShellsWell Known Author:Louis Agassiz
“The world has arisen in some way or another. How it originated is the great question, and Darwin's theory, like all other attempts, to explain the origin of life, is thus far merely conjectural. I believe he has not even made the best conjecture possible in the present state of our knowledge.” WorldWayBelieveMadeStatesScienceLife IsBeliefI BelieveKnowledgePossibilityTheoryConjectureOrigin Of Life Author:Louis Agassiz
