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If we range through the whole territory of nature, and endeavour to extract from each department the rich stores of knowledge and pleasure they respectively contain, we shall not find a more refined or purer source of amusement, or a more interesting and unfailing subject for recreation, than that which the observation and examination of the structure, affinities, and habits of plants and vegetables, afford.

Joseph Paxton

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It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot.
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Joseph Paxton

Joseph Paxton

Born: August 3, 1803
Died: June 8, 1865 (aged 61)
Bio: Sir Joseph Paxton was an English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament, best known for designing the Crystal Palace, and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the western world.
Known for:
  1. The Crystal Palace
  2. Chatsworth House
  3. Mentmore Towers
  4. Emperor Fountain
  5. Lismore Castle

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