Reading The Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz | Alexandria
Read The Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Probing beyond Darwin's shadow, Longfellow's poem reveals how scientific genius demands artistic vision. Agassiz united empiricism with imagination, showing that nature's truths emerge through both careful observation and creative insight. His overlooked legacy? Teaching us that the deepest discoveries require embracing both logic and wonder.