The first thing to be determined about a new specimen is not its name, 
but its most prominent character. Until you know an animal, care not for 
its name.—AGASSIZ. 
The great benefit which a scientific education bestows, whether as train- 
ing or as knowledge, is dependent upon the extent to which the mind of the 
student is brought into immediate contact with facts—upon the degree to 
which he learns the habit of appealing directly to Nature. —Hux ey. 
