"The resources of the Deity cannot be so meagre, that, in order to create a human being endowed with reason, he must change a monkey into a man."

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Source : Louis Agassiz (1863). “Methods of Study in Natural History”, p.4, Ayer Company Pub

Louis Agassiz

#Men Quotes #Order Quotes #Deities Quotes

“Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?”
“Nothing can prevent your picture from coming into concrete form except the power which gave it birth-yourself.”
“When you have five or six potential hall of famers on your team ... that's when you win penants and championships. The only thing you have to be concerned about is getting the ballplayers to bed on time.”
“I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.”
“I think all kids think their parents are strict. My parents aren't superstrict, but they seem to be stricter than most. But even though it's like, 'Oh, gosh, I've gotta be in at this time,' they know what they're doing. I have great parents.”
“The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit.”
“Fear God and work hard.”
“Not all the subtilties of metaphysics can make me doubt a moment of the immortality of the soul, and of a beneficent Providence. I feel it, I believe it, I desire it, I hope it, and will defend it to my last breath.”

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