AGASSIZ 



There is no part of the country where, in the 

 summer, you cannot get a sufficient supply of 

 the best specimens. Teach your children to 

 bring them in themselves. Take your text 

 from the brooks, not from the book-sellers. 

 It is better to have a few forms well known 

 than to teach a little about many hundred 

 species. Better a dozen specimens thoroughly 

 studied as the result of the first year's work, 

 than to have two thousand dollars' worth of 

 shells and corals bought from a curiosity-shop. 

 The dozen animals would be your own. 



The 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 some- 

 thing, in whatever way we may look at it. 



It is much more important for a naturalist 

 to understand the structure of a few animals 

 than to command the whole field of scientific 

 nomenclature. 



Methods may determine the result. 



The only true scientific system must be one 

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