Show AGASSIZ AND THE HERRING A student enrolled in Agassiz's class For several sc days day A Agassiz assiz paid no at attention attention at- at to him bim whatever At length tired of standing around idle the tho student student stu stu- stu dent asked Agassiz to give him something some some- thin thing to do Agassiz's reply was t to hand trim him a herring and to say sap Study Stud this Tho The student was was but set et about studying g it it The Tho next next day A Agassiz asked him what he had learned about bout that that herrin herring The student stu stu- dept dent replied that it had two eyes eves so soman man many fins and such and such markings t No N a no A Agassiz assiz cried study it more Those things arc are important The Th ri next day and the next the experience ex ex- was was vas repeated Tho The fourth day Agassiz ag again Ii d demanded mu d d inform information tion tiona a about out the now rotting specimen In a attempt at h mor tho eta stu dent r replied plied Well its it's tho the same on both si sides es it HI shouted Agassiz U That's r it A starfish isn't the same sameon sameon sameon on both sides an an oyster isn isn't t thousands thou sands of specimens o of the sea eca are not When you Jon find one that is is youve you've ou ve found a starting point in a new stage in the evolution of life Ob io Obviously s1 that student learned more from that one lesson about the s ien method of study than be he would have learned i in a years year's ears reading rending and lectures The next books hooks would have taught him tho the facts Agassiz taught him hint the tho method of learning learning- all facts Tho The Y Worlds World's s 's Work Worl |