"How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water."
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Commanders of the Order of the British EmpireWomen journalists from KenyaEnvironmentalists from Kenya
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Elspeth Huxley
Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE (née Grant; 23 July 1907 – 10 January 1997) was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser.
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