Report on the progress of physiological botany during the year 1841 / by H.F. Link. Translated by E. Lankester.

  • Heinrich Friedrich Link
Date:
[1845]
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Credit: Report on the progress of physiological botany during the year 1841 / by H.F. Link. Translated by E. Lankester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT ON THE PROGKESS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTANY, &c. Annual Reports on the progress made in science, as first instituted by Berzelius for Chemistry and Physics, rank among the most useful of our scientific arrangements, provided three conditions are borne in mind. First of all, they must not he published too late, when the information is already known to the public, and, therefore, superfluous; and if such should he the case with the present Annual Report, let it be considered, that the unexpected death of the former reporter, Professor Meyen, occasioned an unavoidable delay. It is always better to make up, in individual matters, than to publish all too late. The second condition is, to give, as far as possible, a faithful report of the statements of the author, without mingling them with the opinions of others. It appears also preferable to me, to pass over a work entirely, rather than to pronounce it at once as insignificant. It is at times necessary to introduce the author verbally, in order to exhibit the manner in which he has instituted his observations. But this is not always prac¬ ticable, and it is frequently very difficult to represent the views of another faithfully, because many authors have not the ability to express themselves in definite, and therefore in distinct terms, a deficiency which particularly betrays itself by the use of too many words, used in order to avoid the necessity of stating, that they are not yet acquainted with a
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