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I know [my corn plants] intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.

Source: In A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock, by Evelyn Fox Keller, 1983.
-- Barbara McClintock, (Jun 16 1902-1992), US scientist; She was one of the most important figures in the history of genetics; discovered mobile jumping genes; won Nobel Prize, 1983.

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