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Lost in translation: From Auguste Forel, 12 November 1874

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You receive a gift from your scientific hero Charles Darwin. It is a book that contains sections on your favourite topic—ants. If only you had paid attention when your mother tried to teach you English you might be able to read it. But you didn’t, and you…

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  • was Auguste Forels dilemma when Darwin sent him a copy of Thomas Belts  The Naturalist in
  • book, Forel admitted that he had managed to get the gist of Belts observations on ants only with
  • of tea in the ward every morning from eight to nine, using Belts book as the basis for the lessons. …
  • Women like Emma To de Horst (credited by Forel in his letter and named in his memoirs) are not