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If we may use a metaphor, we might say that Botanical Science is like a mountaineer, who, after long, weary climbing, only discovers that after all there still rises - steep and apparently impossible to scale - the real peak; but, notwithstanding this, on casting his eyes around, he finds himself well rewarded for the toil he has undergone.

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Karl Ritter von Goebel

Karl Ritter von Goebel

Born: March 8, 1855
Died: October 9, 1932 (aged 77)
Bio: Dr Karl Immanuel Eberhard Ritter von Goebel FRS FRSE was a German botanist. His main fields of study were comparative functional anatomy, morphology, and the developmental physiology of plants under the influence of both phylogenetic and extrinsic factors.

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