"...the true geographer is the lover of the earth. He
should feel to the earth something of that exquisite and strong feeling which
the son begins to feel towards his mother as he grows up and passes out of
the age of careless, unintelligent, even though strong, emotion towards her,
into the stage of intelligent and sympathetic comprehension of all that he has
owed her from the beginning of his life to the present moment. The emotion
is even stronger than before, but it is now guided by knowledge."
Sir William M Ramsay, President 1918
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