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Denis Lamy, « Foreword », Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, ID : 10.4000/books.mnhn.4969
Often to despise natural sciences, one throws himself in the admiration of nature, which we regard as completely incomprehensible. Nature though, has never been as admirable or admired as when it isknown.Preface of Histoire de l’académie royale des sciences, year 1699 [published in 1732] p. xvi. Practice in botany In an unpublished text, Antoine de Jussieu presented the three resources that he deemed necessary for a good knowledge of plants; herborizations to observe plants in situ, botanical...