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  1. #December 2, 1808
    #OTD John Lewis Russell, American #Unitarian #Minister & Botanist

    In 1874, Edmund Willson wrote,

    "Wherever this man went to fill a #Pulpit, lovers of #Nature gravitated to him. [They went along] to the #Fields, steep #Hills, and miry #Swamps.

    His #Animated talk & kindling eyes as he described the #Graces of #Ferns and the #Glories of #Grasses & #Lichens quickened their #Love of #Beauty.

    He had an ear for the #Mysteries of the #Sea, #Forests, [and] #Moss-coated #Rocks."