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\u201cA laboratory of natural history is a sanctuary where nothing profane should be tolerated. I feel less agony at improprieties in churches than in a scientific laboratory.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louis Agassiz<\/strong>, Swiss-American scientist & educator<\/p>\n

Cited in lecture notes by David Starr (D.S.) Jordan, \u201cHints to Teachers of Natural History\u201d (May 1875) notes from Agassiz lectures at Penikese Island teaching laboratory, Buzzard\u2019s Bay, Massachusetts, c.July 1873-November 1873; in The Indiana School Journal<\/em>, Vol. XX, No. 5; in Volume 20, The Indiana School Journal<\/em> (Jan. 1875-Dec. 1875), ed. William A. Bell, Indianapolis, IN: No. 3 Journal Building, 1875, p. 217; online via Harvard University & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Source notes<\/em><\/strong>: Notes by Agassiz lecture attendee David Starr (D.S.) Jordan: “Notes taken from the lectures of Prof. Agassiz on Penikese Island, given largely in the author\u2019s own words.\u201d (Footnote, p. 217)<\/p>\n

Although the Jordan does not provide any specific lecture dates, the Penikese Island lab opened in July 1873 and Agassiz lectured there for just a few months until he suffered a stroke and ultimately died in December of the same year. Jordan did work & study at the Penikese school under Agassiz, but it should be noted that this is a second hand source and not directly from Agassiz\u2019s own written lecture material.<\/p>\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cHints to Teachers of Natural History\u201d (May 1875) The Indiana School Journal<\/em>; online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=sskBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217&dq=A+laboratory+of+natural+history+is+a+sanctuary+where+nothing+profane+should+be+tolerated<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc1fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cF<\/strong>acts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louis Agassiz<\/strong>, Swiss-American scientist & educator<\/p>\n

\u201cInternal Structure and Progression of the Glacier\u201d (December 1863) The Atlantic Monthly<\/em>, Vol. XII, No. LXXIV; in volume The Atlantic Monthly<\/em>, Vol. XII (July 1863-Dec. 1863) Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863, p. 751, columns 1-2; online via Making of America Project & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Science essay in The Atlantic Monthly<\/em> magazine]\n

\u201cThe facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal. In the mean while, I am not sorry that just at this moment, when recent investigations and publications have aroused new interest in the glaciers, the course of these articles brings me naturally to a discussion of the subject in its bearing upon geological questions.\u201d (p. 751)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c1fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cInternal Structure and Progression of the Glacier\u201d (Dec. 1863) The Atlantic Monthly<\/em>, online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=o10CAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA751&lpg=PA751&dq=Facts+will+eventually+test+all+our+theories,+and+they+form,+after+all,+the+only+impartial+jury+to+which+we+can+appeal&source<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e1fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cLay aside all conceit. You must learn to read the book of nature for yourself. Those who have succeeded best have followed for years some slim thread which once in a while broadened out and disclosed some treasure worth a life-long search.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louis Agassiz<\/strong>, Swiss-American scientist & educator<\/p>\n

Cited in lecture notes by David Starr (D.S.) Jordan, \u201cHints to Teachers of Natural History\u201d (May 1875) notes from Agassiz lectures at Penikese Island teaching laboratory, Buzzard\u2019s Bay, Massachusetts, c.July 1873-November 1873; in The Indiana School <\/em>Journal<\/em>, Vol. XX, No. 5; in Volume 20, The Indiana School Journal<\/em> (Jan. 1875-Dec. 1875), ed. William A. Bell, Indianapolis, IN: No. 3 Journal Building, 1875, p. 215; online via Harvard University & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1453315828190-b4d7b461-d58d1fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

Misquote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

In this instance, one common misquote omits \u201cYou must\u201d (\u201cYou must learn to read…\u201d) and changes \u201cwhich once in a while broadened out\u201d to \u201cwhich once in a while has broadened out\u201d:<\/p>\n

Original text<\/em><\/span>: \u201cLay aside all conceit. You must learn to read the book of nature for yourself. Those who have succeeded best have followed for years some slim thread which once in a while broadened out and disclosed some treasure worth a life-long search.\u201d<\/p>\n

Misquote<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cLay aside all conceit. Learn to read the book of Nature for yourself. Those who have succeeded best have followed for years some slim thread which once in a while has broadened out and disclosed some treasure worth a life-long search<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf1fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[See source note below] \u201cLay aside all conceit. You must learn to read the book of nature for yourself. Those who have succeeded best have followed for years some slim thread which once in a while broadened out and disclosed some treasure worth a life-long search.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: Notes by Agassiz lecture attendee David Starr (D.S.) Jordan: “Notes taken from the lectures of Prof. Agassiz on Penikese Island, given largely in the author\u2019s own words.\u201d (Footnote, p. 217)<\/p>\n

Although the Jordan does not provide any specific lecture dates, the Penikese Island lab opened in July 1873 and Agassiz lectured there for just a few months until he suffered a stroke and ultimately died in December of the same year. Jordan did work & study at the Penikese school under Agassiz, but it should be noted that this is a second hand source and not directly from Agassiz\u2019s own written lecture material.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e01fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cHints to Teachers of Natural History\u201d (May 1875) The Indiana School Journal<\/em>; online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=sskBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA215&dq=Lay+aside+all+conceit+Learn+to+read+the+book<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf631fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cT<\/strong>he time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life of the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louis Agassiz<\/strong>, Swiss-American scientist & educator<\/p>\n

Methods of Study in Natural History<\/em> (1863) Boston, MA: Ticknor & Fields, 1866 third edition, p. 42; online via University of California & Internet Archive, www.archive.org<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf631fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Non-fiction \u2013 Chapter IV, \u2018Classification and Creation\u2019]\n

\u201cBesides, the time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life of the world; for we have reached the point where the results of science touch the very problem of existence, and all men listen for the solving of that mystery.\u201d (p. 42)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf631fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Methods of Study in Natural History<\/em> (1863|1866 Ticknor & Fields 3rd edition) online via Internet Archive: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/methodsstudyinn04agasgoog?ref=ol#page\/n56\/mode\/2up\/search\/scientific+truth+must+cease+to+be<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e1fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cThe study of nature is an intercourse with the highest mind. You should never trifle with nature. At the lowest, her works are the works of the highest powers, the highest Something in whatever way we look at it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louis Agassiz<\/strong>, Swiss-American scientist & educator<\/p>\n

Cited in lecture notes by David Starr (D.S.) Jordan, \u201cHints to Teachers of Natural History\u201d (May 1875) notes from Agassiz lectures at Penikese Island teaching laboratory, Buzzard\u2019s Bay, Massachusetts, c.July 1873-November 1873; in The Indiana School <\/em>Journal<\/em>, Vol. XX, No. 5; in Volume 20, The Indiana School Journal<\/em> (Jan. 1875-Dec. 1875), ed. William A. Bell, Indianapolis, IN: No. 3 Journal Building, 1875, p. 216; online via Harvard University & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1453315828190-b4d7b461-d58d1fd3-164b”][vc_column_text css_animation]\n

Misquote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Some sources have misquoted the \u201cHints to Teachers of Natural History\u201d Agassiz lecture notes by adding, omitting, and\/or substituting words.\u00a0 In this case, all three types of changes were made in some of the circulating misquote versions:<\/p>\n

Original text<\/em><\/span>: \u201cThe study of nature is an intercourse with the highest mind. You should never trifle with nature. At the lowest, her works are the works of the highest powers, the highest Something in whatever way we look at it.<\/p>\n

Misquote<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cThe study of nature is intercourse with the highest mind. You should never trifle with Nature. At her<\/strong> lowest her works are the works of the highest powers, the highest something in the universe,<\/strong> in whichever<\/strong> way we look at it…This is the charm of Study from Nature itself; she brings us back to absolute truth wherever we wander<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf1fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[See source note below] \u201cLay aside all conceit. You must learn to read the book of nature for yourself. Those who have succeeded best have followed for years some slim thread which once in a while broadened out and disclosed some treasure worth a life-long search.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: Notes by Agassiz lecture attendee David Starr (D.S.) Jordan: “Notes taken from the lectures of Prof. Agassiz on Penikese Island, given largely in the author\u2019s own words.\u201d (Footnote, p. 217)<\/p>\n

Although the Jordan does not provide any specific lecture dates, the Penikese Island lab opened in July 1873 and Agassiz lectured there for just a few months until he suffered a stroke and ultimately died in December of the same year. Jordan did work & study at the Penikese school under Agassiz, but it should be noted that this is a second hand source and not directly from Agassiz\u2019s own written lecture material.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e01fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cHints to Teachers of Natural History\u201d (May 1875) The Indiana School Journal<\/em>; online via Google Books:\u00a0https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=sskBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA216&dq=study+of+nature+is+an+intercourse<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf631fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cThere is no part of the country where, in the summer, you cannot get a sufficient supply of the best of specimens. Teach your children to bring them in themselves. Take your text from the books, not from the booksellers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Louis Agassiz<\/strong>, Swiss-American scientist & educator<\/p>\n

Cited in lecture notes by David Starr (D.S.) Jordan, \u201cHints to Teachers of Natural History\u201d (May 1875) notes from Agassiz lectures at Penikese Island teaching laboratory, Buzzard\u2019s Bay, Massachusetts, c.July 1873-November 1873; in The Indiana School <\/em>Journal<\/em>, Vol. XX, No. 5; in Volume 20, The Indiana School Journal<\/em> (Jan. 1875-Dec. 1875), ed. William A. Bell, Indianapolis, IN: No. 3 Journal Building, 1875, p. 216; online via Harvard University & Google Books, books.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-ban” add_icon=”true” title=”Misquotes” tab_id=”1453315828190-b4d7b461-d58d1fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

Misquote note<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Some sources have misquoted the \u201cHints to Teachers of Natural History\u201d Agassiz lecture notes by adding, omitting, and\/or substituting words.\u00a0 A couple of minor changes appear in the misquote below, but note that the final change – substituting the original word “books” for “brooks” – substantially changes the meaning of the misquoted sentence:<\/p>\n

Original text<\/em><\/span>: \u201cThere is no part of the country where, in the summer, you cannot get a sufficient supply of the best of specimens. Teach your children to bring them in themselves. Take your text from the books, not from the booksellers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Misquote<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cThere is no part of the country where in the summer you cannot get a sufficient supply of the best specimens<\/strong>. Teach your children to bring them in for themselves<\/strong>. Take your text from the brooks<\/strong>, not from the booksellers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf631fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

Source notes<\/em><\/strong>: Notes by Agassiz lecture attendee David Starr (D.S.) Jordan: “Notes taken from the lectures of Prof. Agassiz on Penikese Island, given largely in the author\u2019s own words.\u201d (Footnote, p. 217)<\/p>\n

Although the Jordan does not provide any specific lecture dates, the Penikese Island lab opened in July 1873 and Agassiz lectured there for just a few months until he suffered a stroke and ultimately died in December of the same year. Jordan did work & study at the Penikese school under Agassiz, but it should be noted that this is a second hand source and not directly from Agassiz\u2019s own written lecture material.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf631fd3-164b”][vc_column_text]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cHints to Teachers of Natural History\u201d (May 1875) The Indiana School Journal<\/em>; online via Google Books: https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=sskBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA216&dq=There+is+no+part+of+the+country+where<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Louis Agassiz<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n