“The study of Nature is intercourse with the highest mind. You should never trifle with Nature. At her lowest her works are the works of the highest powers, the highest something in the universe, in whichever way we look at it... This is the charm of Study from Nature itself; she brings us back to absolute truth wherever we wander.” WayShouldMindLooksScienceUniverseNaturePowerStudyHard WorkHighestAbsolutesWanderCharmLowestIntercourseTriflesAbsolute Truth Author:Louis Agassiz
“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
“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
“The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind.” MindStudyHighestEcologyIntercourse Author:Louis Agassiz
