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"Combines the best of scholarly quality with extraordinary inclusiveness.... I am not inclined to hyperbole, but I must here use the term 'masterpiece.'" -- Richard Evans Schultes, Botanical Museum of Harvard University


Richard Evans Schultes Botanical Museum of Harvard University
Combines the best of scholarly quality with extraordinary inclusiveness. . . . I am not inclined to hyperbole, but I must here use the term masterpiece.'

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Combines the best of scholarly quality with extraordinary inclusiveness. . . . I am not inclined to hyperbole, but I must here use the term ‘masterpiece.´ (Richard Evans Schultes, Botanical Museum of Harvard University)

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Richard Evans Schultes

Combines the best of scholarly quality with extraordinary inclusiveness. . . . I am not inclined to hyperbole, but I must here use the term ‘masterpiece.´

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