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"Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it"
- Louis Agassiz
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Louis Agassiz
between May 28, 1807 and December 14, 1873. He/she was a famous
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