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> [It must be for truth's sake, and not for the sake of its usefulness to humanity, that the scientific man studies Nature. The application of science to the useful arts requires other abilities, other qualities, other tools than his; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/it-must-be-for-truth-s-sake-and-not-for-the-sake-of-its-usefulness-to/)

[Louis Agassiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-agassiz/)

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## More by Louis Agassiz

> [ The theory \[of evolution\] is a scientific mistake. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/the-theory-of-evolution-is-a-scientific-mistake/)

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> [It is better to have a few forms well known than to teach a little about many hundred species. Better a dozen specimens thoroughly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/it-is-better-to-have-a-few-forms-well-known-than-to-teach-a-little/)

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> [It is the job of prophets and scientists alike to proclaim the glories of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/it-is-the-job-of-prophets-and-scientists-alike-to-proclaim-the/)

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> [I cannot afford to waste my time making money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/i-cannot-afford-to-waste-my-time-making-money/)

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> [The office of science is not to record possibilities; but to ascertain what nature does ... As far as Darwinism deals with mere arguments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/the-office-of-science-is-not-to-record-possibilities-but-to-ascertain/)

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> [It must be for truth's sake, and not for the sake of its usefulness to humanity, that the scientific man studies Nature. The application…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/it-must-be-for-truth-s-sake-and-not-for-the-sake-of-its-usefulness-to/)

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> [I hail with joy- for I am a temperance man and a friend of temperance-I hail with joy the efforts that are being made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/i-hail-with-joy-for-i-am-a-temperance-man-and-a-friend-of-temperance/)

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> [The surface of the earth is not simply a stage on which the thousands of present and past inhabitants played their parts in turn.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/the-surface-of-the-earth-is-not-simply-a-stage-on-which-the-thousands/)

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> [Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/nature-brings-us-back-to-absolute-truth-whenever-we-wander/)

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> [Today our duty is to destroy the myth of evolution, considered as a simple, understood, and explained phenomenon which keeps rapidly unfolding before us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/today-our-duty-is-to-destroy-the-myth-of-evolution-considered-as-a/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/you-cannot-do-without-one-specialty-you-must-have-some-base-line-to/)

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> [As long as men inquire, they will find opportunities to know more upon these topics than those who have gone before them, so inexhaustibly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/as-long-as-men-inquire-they-will-find-opportunities-to-know-more-upon/)

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> [Lay aside all conceit Learn to read the book of Nature for yourself. Those who have succeeded best have followed for years some slim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/lay-aside-all-conceit-learn-to-read-the-book-of-nature-for-yourself/)

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> [In Europe I have been accused of taking my scientific ideas from the Church. In America I have been called a heretic, because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/in-europe-i-have-been-accused-of-taking-my-scientific-ideas-from-the/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-agassiz/the-world-is-the-geologist-s-great-puzzle-box-he-stands-before-it/)

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