Excerpt from Fundamentals of Botany
An introductory course of study in botany should do at least six things for the student:
1. Teach him the fundamental elementary facts concerning plant life.
2. Acquaint him with the broad, illuminating generalizations, and with the theories and working hypotheses which have been formulated on the solid basis of observed fact. An intelligent comprehension of these fundamental concepts is far more important for purposes of general culture and a liberal education, and also for more advanced study, than an intimate acquaintance with the facts alone on which the generalizations are based.
3. Familiarize him with the methods of thought and work by means of which the science has been and is being advanced.
4. Give him some acquaintance with the great names in the history of the science, so that he may view our present body of knowledge in true perspective. The student should be made to realize that what we now know was not obtained "ready made," but only by painstaking investigation and search. Therefore, brief references are made in the following pages to a number of pioneers in the unexplored fields of botanical discovery.
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