"Study nature not books" — Louis Agassiz

"Study nature not books"

— Louis Agassiz

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45 Quotes by Louis Agassiz

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

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High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
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When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you… — Julian Assange
Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to… — Paul Auster
I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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