George Wald Quote

The most important thing about a name, after all, is that it remain attached to the thing it designates. One wishes that once a name had come into common use for an organism, it could be stabilized for the use of busy persons who want nothing but that each animal have a name.


In: E.S. Guzman Barron (ed.), Modern Trends in Physiology and Biochemistry, Biochemical Evolution (fn p. 339)


The most important thing about a name, after all, is that it remain attached to the thing it designates. One wishes that once a name had come into...

The most important thing about a name, after all, is that it remain attached to the thing it designates. One wishes that once a name had come into...

The most important thing about a name, after all, is that it remain attached to the thing it designates. One wishes that once a name had come into...

The most important thing about a name, after all, is that it remain attached to the thing it designates. One wishes that once a name had come into...