Word: agassizã
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...Cambridge School Committee voted unanimously last night to strip the name of famous 19th century Harvard professor Louis Agassiz??a Darwin-refuter and, many residents charged, a “bigot”—from the local Agassiz elementary school...
...Agassiz??s legacy in education shows one of hate, represented by his attempts to keep Jewish and Irish people out of Harvard at all costs,” Vogel said yesterday. “He might find Agassiz??s diversity detestable...
Yesterday, one day after Gould’s death, several speakers invoked Gould’s name to make their points for or against removing Agassiz??s name from the school. Gould was Harvard’s most famed evolutionary biologist, known for bringing science to the masses through his prolific writings and for stirring controversy with his theories and his outspoken style...
Aside from the clinical and the stern, selections from “Curious and Ingenious” also demonstrate moments of tangible pathos. Head-shots of Louis Agassiz??s African slaves were initially taken to aid in the Harvard philanthropist’s desire to “prove the existence of a separate human species,” but now, the delicate, minute plates reveal something more. Viewed frontally and in profile, his four slaves exude a mournful yet dignified air. It becomes clear the torment and strain that incarcerated life has wracked on their bodies...