So will I
I know more than one person for whom Gould's essays were the sole reason for subscribing to Natural History; at least two of them post here. I don't think there's a single writer who's had more influence on my assaults on the essay form.
I was already in the middle of a campaign to catch upon the collections I've missed in the last three or four years... about 2/3 through Rocks of Ages when I heard the news this morning. Sad to think that fairly soon I will have caught up.
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