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. — Huxley. 



