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We must never conceal from ourselves that our concepts are creations of the human mind which we impose on the facts of nature, that they are derived from incomplete knowledge, and therefore will never exactly fit the facts, and will require constant revision as knowledge increases.
Arthur Tansley
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They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.
James L. Buckley
Arthur Tansley
Born:
August 15, 1871
Died:
November 25, 1955
(aged 84)
Bio:
Sir Arthur George Tansley FLS, FRS was an English botanist and a pioneer in the science of ecology.
Known for:
Types of British Vegetation (1911)
The British Islands and Their Vegetation Set
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