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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 passed on its migrations, and the people with whom it came into contact, must be considered.
~ Franz Boas
Came
Considered
Contact
Furthermore
History
Influence
Insufficient
Migration
Must
Passed
People
Present
Regions
Study
Surroundings
The History Of
Through
Which
Whom
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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 helped to make anthropology what it is at the present time.
~ Franz Boas
Anthropology
Currents
Darwin
Due
Helped
Hope
However
Immortal
Make
May
Present
Present Time
Presenting
Succeeded
Thought
Time
Which
Work
You
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I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be.
~ Franz Boas
Intended
Kind
May
Mind
Object
Slogans
Teaching
Whatever
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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.
~ Franz Boas
All Races
Emotionally
Energetic
Imaginative
Intelligent
Mankind
Most
Present
Races
Select
Stable
Third
Were
Would
Would-Be
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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.
~ Franz Boas
Antipathy
Barriers
Down
Enough
Feeling
France
Hundred
Hundred Years
Let Down
More
Party
Political
Political Party
Still
Strong
Sustain
Than
Years
Years Ago
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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.
~ Franz Boas
Biological
Characteristics
Determined
Environment
Geographical
In Other Words
Interested
Living
Men
Mental
Other
Past
Same
Social
Words
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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 led to the establishment of the multifarious forms of human life.
~ Franz Boas
About
Brought
Causes
Differentiation
Establishment
Events
Forms
Human
Human Life
Inquire
Investigate
Led
Life
Observed
Our
Sequence
Task
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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.
~ Franz Boas
Affection
Allowing
Emotional
Father
Freedom
Had
His
Home
Influence
Intellectual
Parental
Without
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My parents had broken through the shackles of dogma.
~ Franz Boas
Broken
Dogma
Had
Parents
Shackles
Through
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Not so the scientist. The very essence of his life is the service of truth.
~ Franz Boas
Essence
His
Life
Scientist
Service
Truth
Very
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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 not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.
~ Franz Boas
Adaptation
Been
Case
Every
Exceeding
Full
Has-Been
History
Impossible
Insistence
Look
Opportunities
Path
Powers
Process
Quiet
Remember
Single
Steadfast
Your
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The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.
~ Franz Boas
Among
Bane
Civilization
Disease
Distrust
Modern
Modern Civilization
Mutual
Nations
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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 any other science.
~ Franz Boas
Any
Been
Clearly
Development
Domain
Historical
Knowledge
Other
Out
Science
Seems
Single
Treated
Work
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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 without an actual application of reasoning.
~ Franz Boas
Activities
Actual
Also
Apparently
Application
Brought
Clearly
Developed
Emphasized
Idea
Man
Might
Out
Reasonable
Reasoning
Very
Wallace
Well
Who
Without
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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 results of their researches.
~ Franz Boas
Come
Know
Life
Nevertheless
Private
Private Life
Results
Scientists
Standard
Truthfulness
Up
Who
Would
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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 diversity of these traits in groups of men found in different geographical areas and in different social classes.
~ Franz Boas
Area
Characteristics
Classes
Considered
Different
Discuss
Diversity
Found
Geographical
Groups
Individual
Interested
Man
Men
Mental
Physiological
Social
Traits
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AuthorName
Franz Boas
Profession
Scientist
BirthDate
09 July, 1858
DeathDate
21 December, 1942
Country
United States
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