The crust of our earth is a great cemetery, where the rocks… - Louis Agassiz

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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

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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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Native Name: Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz

Alternative Names: Agassiz • Jean Louis Rudolph Agassiz • L. Agassiz • J. L. R. Agassiz

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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

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