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 

 training 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. 

 HUXLEY. 



