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Updated: May 15, 2025
Haseman and those whose bad example he in this instance follows use "complexus" in much the same spirit as that displayed by the famous old lady who derived religious instead of scientific consolation from the use of "the blessed word Mesopotamia." The reason that it is worth while to enter this protest against Mr. Haseman's style is because his work is of such real and marked value.
Haseman's exceptional power of laborious work both in the field and in the study, his insight and accuracy of observation, and his determination to follow truth with inflexible rectitude wherever it may lead one of the greatest among the many great qualities which lifted Huxley and Darwin above their fellows. The Outfit for Travelling in the South American Wilderness
Haseman's primary object was to study the characteristics and distribution of South American fishes, but as a matter of fact he studied at first hand many other more or less kindred subjects, as may be seen in his remarks on the Indians and in his excellent pamphlet on "Some Factors of Geographical Distribution in South America."
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