James Rennie Quotes

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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.

James Rennie

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.

James Rennie

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.

James Rennie