A man cannot be professor of zoölogy on one day and of chemistry on th…

Louis Agassiz
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A man cannot be professor of zoölogy on one day and of chemistry on the next, and do good work in both. As in a concert all are musicians,-one plays one instrument, and one another, but none all in perfection.
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