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Dates: during 1873-1873
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It seems to have been a matter of surprise to some that Professor Agassiz, since he was an uncompromising opponent of Darwinism, did not produce a work in refutation of the theory of evolution. He had arranged with the publishers of the Atlantic Monthly for a series of articles on...
The establishment of the Natural History School at Penikese is due to Agassiz; it was to be an auxiliary of the Museum, and was founded for the purpose of enabling students to come into closer contact with Nature, and thus to make more critical observations of her works. Though hardly...
At the time of his death Professor Agassiz was engaged in arranging and classifying the material of the Hassler trip, and hoped soon to state its scientific value; was carefully studying the Selachians, which work will probably now have to cease; and was also investigating the Echinoderms. It is believed...
The death of a man of science is a great loss at any time; that of Agassiz, just at the present, particularly so. Preferring to see for himself, rather than accept the statements of others, he spent much time in critical observation, and was preparing to record the results of...
It seems that he could not endure inactivity, and when relieved of labor in one direction, at once imposed upon himself severer tasks in another. Instead of taking any part of that repose which declining years demand, he entered upon even greater undertakings than before.