The eye of the trilobite tells us that the sun shone on the old beach where he lived; for there is nothing in nature without a purpose, and when so c… - Louis Agassiz

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The eye of the trilobite tells us that the sun shone on the old beach where he lived; for there is nothing in nature without a purpose, and when so complicated an organ was made to receive light, there must have been light to enter it.

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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.

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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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