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Louis Agassiz Quotes: The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind.
         

The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind.


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Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander.

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Every great scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.

Every great scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.



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It is the job of prophets and scientists alike to proclaim the glories of God.



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I sometimes hear preachers speak of the sad condition of men who live without God in the world, but a scientist who lives without God in the world seems to me worse off than ordinary men.



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A laboratory of natural history is a sanctuary where nothing profane should be tolerated. I feel less agony at improprieties in churches than in a scientific laboratory.





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This page presents the quote "The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind.". Author of this quote is Louis Agassiz. This quote is about intercourse, ecology, mind, study, highest, nature,.