Earth Quote by Louis Agassiz

The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake.

— 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…

— Louis Agassiz

It is the job of prophets and scientists alike to proclaim the glories of God.

— Louis Agassiz

I cannot afford to waste my time making money

— 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…

— Louis Agassiz

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…

— Louis Agassiz

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…

— Louis Agassiz

Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander.

— Louis Agassiz

Today our duty is to destroy the myth of evolution, considered as a simple, understood, and explained phenomenon which keeps rapidly unfolding before us.…

— Louis Agassiz

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…

— Louis Agassiz

As long as men inquire, they will find opportunities to know more upon these topics than those who have gone before them, so inexhaustibly…

— Louis Agassiz

Lay aside all conceit Learn to read the book of Nature for yourself. Those who have succeeded best have followed for years some slim…

— Louis Agassiz