Louis Agassiz Quote

Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Next they say it has been discovered before. Lastly they say they always believed it.

As quoted in A Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (1991) edited by Alan L. Mackay, (p. 2)

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Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Next they say it has been discovered before....

Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Next they say it has been discovered before....

Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Next they say it has been discovered before....

Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible. Next they say it has been discovered before....