Excerpt from 1956 Index Few of his former general botany students knew that Torrey had published several classic papers in the field of plant morphology and phylogeny. Some of these students had occasion to read these papers in later life, and they marveled at the penetration of thought, the beauty of style, and the artistry of the illustrations. They then realized that Torrey could have been a great scientist a great investigator had he chosen that path. In spite of turning his back on original research, Torrey had few ...
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Excerpt from 1956 Index Few of his former general botany students knew that Torrey had published several classic papers in the field of plant morphology and phylogeny. Some of these students had occasion to read these papers in later life, and they marveled at the penetration of thought, the beauty of style, and the artistry of the illustrations. They then realized that Torrey could have been a great scientist a great investigator had he chosen that path. In spite of turning his back on original research, Torrey had few peers in comparative anatomy and plant phylogeny. In addition, he was a remarkably competent taxonomist. Long after his former students forget the botany they learned at his feet, they will recall the philosophical principles he espoused. He labored mightily to reveal the true philosophical nature of science its inner significance and its limitations. He led his students from science to philo sophy -and a few to the realm of metaphysics. There were always a few select individuals some botanists, a few English majors and others who were invited to his famous Friday evening seminars where there were profound and animated discussions of philosophy, religion, literature, art and music. These fortunate few will never forget the stimulus of these discussions the sti mulus to independent thinking and to independent reading and study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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