Franz Boas Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“In France, that let down the barriers more than a hundred years ago, the feeling of antipathy is still strong enough to sustain an anti-Jewish political party.”

“In other words, we are interested in the anatomical and mental characteristics of men living under the same biological, geographical, and social environment, and as determined by their past.”

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

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

“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 led to the establishment of the multifarious forms of human life.”

“My parents had broken through the shackles of dogma.”