190 ALEXANDER AGASSIZ 



There is, however, some truth in the criticism that most 

 of his writing was lacking in a quality that would have 

 added a certain delicacy of touch. But it must be re- 

 membered that, with two exceptions, he wrote entirely 

 for the scientific world, and he always felt that the 

 naturalist should be extremely careful that the use of 

 the imagination did not lead to its abuse. This left him 

 little sympathy for those scientific men whose temper- 

 amental desire for effect made them lose themselves in 

 that misty region that lies on the borderland between 

 philosophy and science. 



