Tag Archives: Louis Agassiz

thoreau: ways with the wild

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Dave

…Thoreau’s way with wildlife continually astonished his visitors. Mrs. Edwin Bigelow once said of him: Henry would tell all to sit absolutely quiet and close together- then he would go forward cautiously, sprinkle crumbs before them and then retreating, seat … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Bronson Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, James Elliot Cabot, Louis Agassiz, Louis May Alcott, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mrs. Edwin Bigelow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Carlyle, Thoreau Walden Pond | Leave a comment

Darwin: cchh..chch…changes

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Dave

…Of course, Darwin’s theory was not immediately accepted by all scientists, either; in England its opponents were lead by Sir Richard Owen, superintendent of the natural history department of the British Museum, while in America the chief protagonists for and … Continue reading →