Louis Agassiz / words spoken by Professor William James at the reception of the American Society of Naturalists by the President and Fellows of Harvard College, at Cambridge, on December 30, 1896.

  • William James
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1897
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Credit: Louis Agassiz / words spoken by Professor William James at the reception of the American Society of Naturalists by the President and Fellows of Harvard College, at Cambridge, on December 30, 1896. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ing at Nature. Meanwhile as we look back upon Agassiz, there floats up a breath as of life’s morn¬ ing, that makes the world seem young and fresh once more. May we all, and especially may those younger members of our association who never knew him, give a grateful thought to his memory as we wander through that Museum which he founded, and through this University whose ideals he did so much to elevate and define.
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