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But is it well to remember that the great naturalists gained their live and appreciator the natural world when they were youngsters dabbling about in ponds or ditches, seeing through a hand lens the minute world contained in a drop of water or walking over the moorlands or through deep woods, fascinated by the life around them :)

Toward the end of his life Darwin, having completed his mammoth works —not inii ou y in evolution but in such diverse subjects as corals, earthworms, plant fertilization and many other topics -wrote to a friend and said he wished he could have been of greater help to the world.

Our planet is beautifully intricate, brimming over with a Ivan’s to be solved and riddles to be unraveled. As a naturalist tu will never suffer from that awful modern disease called boredom —so go out and breath the natural world with curiosity and delight, and enjoy it!