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I hold myself indebted to any one from whose enlightened understanding another ray of knowledge communicates to mine. Really to inform the mind is to correct and enlarge the heart.

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Junius
Age: 63 †
Born: 1511
Born: July 11
Died: 1575
Died: June 26
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Botanist
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Ornithologist
Physician
University Teacher
San Diego
California
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H. Junius (De Jonghe)
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