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I am busy with the hawkweeds; that is to say, I am learning to distinguish and to name as many as I can. For scientific classification I have little mind; it does not happen to fall in with my habits of thought; but I like to be able to give its name (the "trivial" by choice) to every flower I meet in my walks. Why should I be content to say, "Oh, it's a hawkweed"?

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乔治·吉辛（George Gissing，1857-1903），英国小说家、散文家，是维多利亚时代后期最出色的现实主义小说家之一。一生发表过23部长篇小说，主要有《新格拉布街》（1891）和《在流亡中诞生》（1892）。另有游记作品《爱奥尼亚海岸游记》（1901），文学评论《狄更斯的研究》（1898）等。