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16 quotes by Franz Boas

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If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.

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We do not discuss the anatomical, physiological, and mental characteristics of man considered as an individual; but we are interested in the... →

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Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do... →

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Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has... →

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We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the... →

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I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be.

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My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom.

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I hope I may have succeeded in presenting to you, however imperfectly, the currents of thought due to the work of the immortal Darwin which have... →

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This idea was also brought out very clearly by Wallace, who emphasized that apparently reasonable activities of man might very well have developed... →

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The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been treated by... →

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Not so the scientist. The very essence of his life is the service of truth.

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The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.

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It is our task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the sequence of events that have... →

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