The world is the geologist's great puzzle-box; he stands before it lik…

Louis Agassiz
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The world is the geologist's great puzzle-box; he stands before it like the child to whom the separate pieces of his puzzle remain a mystery till he detects their relation and sees where they fit, and then his fragments grow at once into a connected picture beneath his hand. ✨ Louis Agassiz (1873). Geological Sketches, p.11
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