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WE shall not be far wrong, we imagine, in supposing that the article by Dr. Dohrn in a recent number of NATURE on “Zoological Stations”has attracted considerable attention among thoughtful men. We may, indeed, congratulate zoologists that so important a task has been taken in hand by one in every way so well fitted to accomplish it; and it will gratify our readers to learn that the cheery energy and bright enthusiasm of the German anatomist is fast overcoming the obstacles which his scheme naturally met with in the indolent city of the South, whose lands are so rich in classic ruins, and seas so full of Darwin-speaking embryos. At the risk of spoiling a good work we venture to add to his remarks some further suggestions, confining ourselves, however, to one or two points.
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Science Stations . Nature 5, 337 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/005337a0
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