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Asa Gray
3 quotes
“The two Biological Sciences, ... considered as parts of , are Zoology and Botany. The latter is the natural history of the Vegetable Kingdom. It embraces every scientific inquiry that can be made respecting plants, their nature, their kinds, the laws which govern them, and the part they play in the general economy of the world.”
Asa Gray (1810–1888) first seen 1842 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (1st edition published in 1842 with the title The Botanical Text-Book for Colleges, Schools and Private Students)
“Wherefore, in Galileo's time, we might have helped to proscribe, or to burn — had he been stubborn enough to warrant cremation — even the great pioneer of inductive research; although, when we had fairly recovered our composure, and had leisurely excogitated the matter, we might have come to conclude that the was better then , after all, at least for those who had nothing to unlearn.”
Asa Gray (1810–1888) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (55 pages; reprint of article published in 3 parts in the 1860 July, August & October issues of The Atlantic Monthly)
“Between the doctrines of this volume and those of the other great naturalist whose name adorns the title-page of this journal , the widest divergence appears. It is interesting to contrast the two, and, indeed, is necessary to our purpose; for this contrast brings out most prominently, and sets in strongest light and shade, the main features of the theory of the origination of species by means of Natural Selection. The ordinary and generally-received view assumes the independent, specific creation of each kind of plant and animal in a primitive stock, which reproduces its like from generation to generation, and so continues the species.”
Asa Gray (1810–1888) first seen 1860 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (396 pages; originally published in the March 1860 issue of the ; quotes from pp. 11–12)