Creative Quotations from . . .
Louis Agassiz
(1807-1873) born on May 28
Swiss-US "naturalist, geologist, teacher". He made revolutionary contributions to natural science with landmark work on glacier activity and extinct fishes; opposed Darwin's theory.
 
   
F
The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth?"

R
The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind. You should never trifle with Nature.
A
Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.
N
I cannot afford to waste my time making money.
K
"Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before lastly, they say they always believed it."
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations," by Jason Shulman & Isaac Asimov, 1988."
R: "In "Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations," by Jason Shulman & Isaac Asimov, 1988."
A: "In "Peter's Quotations," by Laurence J. Peter, 1977."
N: "When asked to give a lecture for a fee; in "The Book of Success," ed. Richard Shea, 1993."
K: "In "Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations," ed. Jason Shulman & Isaac Asimov, 1988."
   



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