William Patten (zoologist) Quote

Much of our biological teaching is like a shop window display of nature's competitive goods, with a varied assortment of human notions thrown in, but with no guarantee as to their significance, or quality, or usefulness.


The Grand Strategy of Evolution: The Social Philosophy of a Biologist, Appendix (p. 424), Richard G. Badger. 1920


Much of our biological teaching is like a shop window display of nature's competitive goods, with a varied assortment of human notions thrown in, but ...

Much of our biological teaching is like a shop window display of nature's competitive goods, with a varied assortment of human notions thrown in, but ...

Much of our biological teaching is like a shop window display of nature's competitive goods, with a varied assortment of human notions thrown in, but ...

Much of our biological teaching is like a shop window display of nature's competitive goods, with a varied assortment of human notions thrown in, but ...