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Sans Souci (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
e of detail there is no room for picturesque description, and little is told of the wonderful scenes they witnessed by day and night, nothing of personal peril and adventure. This task concluded, he went to England, where he was to spend the few remaining days previous to his departure. Among the last words of farewell which reached him just as he was leaving the Old World, little thinking then that he was to make a permanent home in America, were these lines from Humboldt, written at Sans Souci: Be happy in this new undertaking, and preserve for me the first place under the head of friendship in your heart. When you return I shall be here no more, but the king and queen will receive you on this historic hill with the affection which, for so many reasons, you merit. . . . Your illegible but much attached friend, A. Humboldt. So closed this period of Agassiz's life. The next was to open in new scenes, under wholly different conditions. He sailed for America in Sept
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 13
of plan owing to the interest of the King of Prussia in the expedition. correspondence between Professor Sedgwick and Agassiz on development theory. final scientific work in Neuchatel and Paris. publication of Systeme Glaciaire. short stay in England. sails for United States. In 1843 the Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles was completed, and fast upon its footsteps, in 1844, followed the author's Monograph on the Fossil Fishes of the Old Red Sandstone, or the Devonian System of Great Britain and Russia, a large quarto volume of text, accompanied by forty-one plates. Nothing in his paleontological studies ever interested Agassiz more than this curious fauna of the Old Red, so strange in its combinations that even well-informed naturalists had attributed its fossil remains to various classes of the animal kingdom in turn, and, indeed, long remained in doubt as to their true nature. Agassiz says himself in his Preface: I can never forget the impression produced upon me by th
Russia (Russia) (search for this): chapter 13
for United States. In 1843 the Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles was completed, and fast upon its footsteps, in 1844, followed the author's Monograph on the Fossil Fishes of the Old Red Sandstone, or the Devonian System of Great Britain and Russia, a large quarto volume of text, accompanied by forty-one plates. Nothing in his paleontological studies ever interested Agassiz more than this curious fauna of the Old Red, so strange in its combinations that even well-informed naturalists had ale and reiterated comparisons, and a minute study of the least fragments of the remains which could be procured. The materials were chiefly obtained in Scotland; but Sir Roderick Murchison also contributed his own collection from the Old Red of Russia, and various other specimens from the same locality. Not only on account of their peculiar structure were the fishes of the Old Red interesting to Agassiz, but also because, with this fauna, the vertebrate type took its place for the first time
Neuchatel (Switzerland) (search for this): chapter 13
z on development theory. final scientific work in Neuchatel and Paris. publication of Systeme Glaciaire. shotheses. Louts Agassiz to Sir Philip Egerton. Neuchatel, September 7, 1844. . . .I write in all haste ts possible and send them to me. I cannot stir from Neuchatel, now that I am so fully in the spirit of work, andy before him. Agassiz to the Prince of Canino. Neuchatel, November 19, 1844. . . . Your idea of an illusnited States. Agassiz to the Prince of Canino. Neuchatel, January 7, 1845. . . . I have received an exce Sedgwick. From Louis Agassiz to A. Sedgwick. Neuchatel, June, 1845. . . . I reproach myself for not acs connected with the welfare of the institution in Neuchatel, with which he had been so long connected, still d at Carlsruhe. His son was to remain at school at Neuchatel. It was two o'clock at night when he left his hFavre says in his Memoir, Great was the emotion at Neuchatel when the report was spread abroad that Agassiz was
Preussen (search for this): chapter 13
Chapter 12: 1843-1846: Aet. 36-39. Completion of fossil fishes. followed by fossil fishes of the old Red Sandstone. review of the later work. identification of fishes by the skull. renewed correspondence with Prince Canino about journey to the United States. change of plan owing to the interest of the King of Prussia in the expedition. correspondence between Professor Sedgwick and Agassiz on development theory. final scientific work in Neuchatel and Paris. publication of Systeme Glaciaire. short stay in England. sails for United States. In 1843 the Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles was completed, and fast upon its footsteps, in 1844, followed the author's Monograph on the Fossil Fishes of the Old Red Sandstone, or the Devonian System of Great Britain and Russia, a large quarto volume of text, accompanied by forty-one plates. Nothing in his paleontological studies ever interested Agassiz more than this curious fauna of the Old Red, so strange in its combina
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 13
renewed correspondence with Prince Canino about journey to the United States. change of plan owing to the interest of the King of Prussia ication of Systeme Glaciaire. short stay in England. sails for United States. In 1843 the Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles was complesults reported to him. Meantime his contemplated journey to the United States flitted constantly before him. Agassiz to the Prince of Canie even the priority over those now accepted, and I think in the United States it would be easier than elsewhere to find again a part of the motes and specimens. I will write to several naturalists in the United States, and tell them that as I am to accompany you on your voyage I s the prince had invited him to be his guest for a summer in the United States. Agassiz to the Prince of Canino. Neuchatel, January 7, 184of our plans, and of your kind offer to take me with you to the United States, telling him at the same time how much I regretted that I shou
Karlsruhe (Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) (search for this): chapter 13
. His wife and daughters had already preceded him to Germany, where he was to join them again on his way to Paris, and where they were to pass the period of his absence, under the care of his brother-in-law, Mr. Alexander Braun, then living at Carlsruhe. His son was to remain at school at Neuchatel. It was two o'clock at night when he left his home of so many years. There had been a general sadness at the thought of his departure, and every testimony of affection and respect accompanied heloquence, the inspiration of his teaching; they regretted also the gay, animated, untiring companion of their excursions, who made them acquainted with nature, and knew so well how to encourage and interest them in their studies. Pausing at Carlsruhe on his journey, he proceeded thence to Paris, where he was welcomed with the greatest cordiality by scientific men. In recognition of his work on the Fossil Fishes the Monthyon Prize of Physiology was awarded him by the Academy. He felt this d
North America (search for this): chapter 13
ed, and I think in the United States it would be easier than elsewhere to find again a part of the materials on which he worked. We must not neglect from this time forth to ask Americans to put us in the way of extending this work throughout North America. If you accept me for your collaborator, I will at once do all that I can on my side to bring together notes and specimens. I will write to several naturalists in the United States, and tell them that as I am to accompany you on your voyaget I now reject any such supposition, and after having studied the facts most thoroughly, I find in them a direct proof of the creation of all these species. It must not be forgotten that the genus Anguis belongs to Europe, the Ophisaurus to North America, the Pseudopus to Dalmatia and the Caspian steppe, the Sepo to Italy, etc. Now, I ask how portions of the earth so absolutely distinct could have combined to form a continuous zoological series, now so strikingly distributed, and whether the
Dalmatia (Croatia) (search for this): chapter 13
tes, Bipes, Sepo, Scincus, and at last the true lizards. It would seem to any reasonable man that these types are the transformations of a single primitive type, so closely do the modifications approach each other; and yet I now reject any such supposition, and after having studied the facts most thoroughly, I find in them a direct proof of the creation of all these species. It must not be forgotten that the genus Anguis belongs to Europe, the Ophisaurus to North America, the Pseudopus to Dalmatia and the Caspian steppe, the Sepo to Italy, etc. Now, I ask how portions of the earth so absolutely distinct could have combined to form a continuous zoological series, now so strikingly distributed, and whether the idea of this development could have started from any other source than a creative purpose manifested in space? These same purposes, this same constancy in the employment of means toward a final end, may be read still more clearly in the study of the fossils of the different crea
Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 13
the imagination. The author goes on to state that the discovery of these fossils was mainly due to Hugh Miller, and that his own work had been confined to the identification of their character and the determination of their relations to the already known fossil fishes. This work, upon a type so extraordinary, implied, however, innumerable and reiterated comparisons, and a minute study of the least fragments of the remains which could be procured. The materials were chiefly obtained in Scotland; but Sir Roderick Murchison also contributed his own collection from the Old Red of Russia, and various other specimens from the same locality. Not only on account of their peculiar structure were the fishes of the Old Red interesting to Agassiz, but also because, with this fauna, the vertebrate type took its place for the first time in what were then supposed to be the most ancient fossiliferous beds. When Agassiz first began his researches on fossil fishes, no vertebrate form had been
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