Franz Boas
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He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.
Samuel Smiles
Franz Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 22, 1942) was one of the pioneers of modern anthropology and is often called the "Father of American Anthropology".
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- The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake...can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake.
- Race and Democratic Society (1945), introduction
- The behavior of an individual is determined not by his racial affiliation, but by the character of his ancestry and his cultural environment.
- Race and Democratic Society (1945), chapter 2
- No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have certain mental characteristics.
- Race and Democratic Society (1945), chapter 7
