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of Natural History in New York and the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology at Harvard are examples of these insti- 

 tutions. They perform the double service of educating the 

 public and at the same time, through expeditions and a 

 corps of scientific workers, serve as research centers. 



Teaching of Zoology 

 in America. Any dis- 

 cussion of the teach- 

 ing of zoology in this 

 country always starts 

 with the name of Louis 

 Agassiz (1807-1873). 

 A Swiss by birth, 

 Agassiz (Fig. 234) 

 came to this country 

 when thirty-nine years 

 of age. He was the 

 founder of one of the 

 greatest research insti- 

 tutions in the United 

 States, the Museum 

 of Comparative Zool- 

 ogy at Harvard. His 

 summer laboratory at 

 Penikese in 1873 was 

 the forerunner of the 

 marine laboratories. His slogan, "Study nature, not books," 

 was largely responsible for the introduction in colleges of 

 laboratory work in the sciences in place of textbook work 

 alone. Since his time there have been many notable teach- 

 ers of zoology in this country. Professor E. L. Mark of 

 Harvard and Professor E. B. Wilson of Columbia might 

 be mentioned as two who have played an unusual part in 

 the training of teachers of zoology since Agassiz's time. 



Fig. 234. Louis Agassiz 



