Franz Boas

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

— Franz Boas

#emotionally #energetic #imaginative #intelligent #mankind

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

— Franz Boas

#intended #kind #may #mind #object

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

— Franz Boas

#his #life #scientist #service #truth

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

#consciously #know #life #nevertheless #private

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

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

#characteristics #determined #environment #geographical #in other words

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

— Franz Boas

#allowing #ceremonial #emotional #father #freedom

My parents had broken through the shackles of dogma. ↗

— Franz Boas

#dogma #had #parents #shackles #through

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

— Franz Boas

#bane #civilization #disease #distrust #modern

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