The time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property …

Louis Agassiz
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The time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life of the world. ✨ Louis Agassiz (1870). Methods of Study in Natural History, p.42
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The time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life of the world. ✨ Louis Agassiz (1870). Methods of Study in Natural History, p.42

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