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It can never be too strongly impressed upon a mind anxious for the acquisition of knowledge, that the commonest things by which we are surrounded are deserving of minute and careful attention.

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A collection of insects is to the true naturalist what a collection of medals is to the accurate student of history.

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If it be granted that making discoveries is one of the most satisfactory of human pleasures, then we may without hesitation affirm, that the study of insects is one of the most delightful branches of natural history, for it affords peculiar facilities for its pursuit.

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James Rennie

James Rennie

Born: February 26, 1787
Died: 1867 (aged 79)
Bio: James Rennie was a Scottish naturalist.
Known for:
  1. Now, Voyager
  2. Illicit
  3. Remodeling Her Husband
  4. Tales of Manhattan
  5. The Bad Man

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