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The crust of our earth is a great cemetery, where the rocks are tombstones on which the buried dead have written their own epitaphs.
— Louis Agassiz
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The crust of our earth is a great cemetery, where the rocks are tombstones on which the buried dead have written their own epitaphs." in the context of "Geological Sketches (1870), ch. 2, p. 31" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Louis Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (28 May 1807 – 14 December 1873) was a Swiss-born American zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist and one of the first world-class American scientists. He was the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz.
About Louis Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (28 May 1807 – 14 December 1873) was a Swiss-born American zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist and one of the first world-class American scientists. He was the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz.
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