Othniel Charles Marsh Quotes

3 Sourced Quotes

Justifying elaborate illustrations in his monographs:

In preparing the present volume, it has been the aim of the author to do full justice to the ample material at his command, and, where possible, to make the illustrations tell the main story to anatomists. The text of such a memoir may soon lose its interest, and belong to the past, but good figures are of permanent value.

Othniel Charles Marsh

In a superstitious age, when every natural event is referred to a supernatural cause, science cannot live; and often as the sacred fire may be kindled by courageous farseeing souls, will it be quenched by the dense mist of ignorance around it.

Othniel Charles Marsh

It is certainly within the domain of science to determine when the earth was first fitted to receive life, and in what form the earliest life began. To trace that life in its manifold changes through past ages to the present is a more difficult task, but one from which modern science does not shrink.

Othniel Charles Marsh

Othniel Charles Marsh

Othniel Charles Marsh

Creative Commons

Born: October 29, 1831

Died: March 18, 1899 (aged 67)

Bio: Othniel Charles Marsh was an American paleontologist. Marsh was one of the preeminent scientists in the field; the discovery or description of dozens of new species and theories on the origins of birds are among his legacies.

Known for:

The Dinosaurs of North America (1896)

Othniel Charles Marsh on Wikipedia

Othniel Charles Marsh works on Wikisource

Suggest an edit or a new quote

American Paleontologist Quotes

Paleontologist Quotes

19th-century Paleontologist Quotes