"The study of Nature is intercourse with the……" — Louis Agassiz

"The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. You should never trifle with Nature."

— 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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