"A smattering of everything is worth little. It……" — 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."
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Louis Agassiz
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45 Quotes by Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz has 45 quotes on this site.
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The study of Nature is intercourse with the highest mind. You should never trifle with Nature. At her lowest her…
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In 1847 I gave an address at Newton, Mass., before a Teachers' Institute conducted by Horace Mann. My subject was…
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I have devoted my whole life to the study of Nature, and yet a single sentence may express all that…
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The resources of the Deity cannot be so meagre, that, in order to create a human being endowed with reason,…
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A man cannot be professor of zoölogy on one day and of chemistry on the next, and do good work…
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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…
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I cannot afford to waste my time making money
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In Europe I have been accused of taking my scientific ideas from the Church. In America I have been called…
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When chemists have brought their knowledge out of their special laboratories into the laboratory of the world, where chemical combinations…
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I sometimes hear preachers speak of the sad condition of men who live without God in the world, but a…
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I will frankly tell you that my experience in prolonged scientific investigations convinces me that a belief in God-a God…
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One naturally asks, what was the use of this great engine set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and…
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