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Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when

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"Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art"

- Robert Fortune

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This quote is written / told by Robert Fortune between September 16, 1813 and April 13, 1880. He/she was a famous Scientist from Scotland. The author also have 21 other quotes.

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