“Linnaeus had it constantly in mind: 'The closer we get to know the creatures around us, the clearer is the understanding we… — Sten Lindroth Copy Share Image
“Weed, are you familiar with the work of Carl Linnaeus? His Systema Naturae describes a classification system for all growing things.” Weed’s… — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
Linnaeus had it constantly in mind:'The closer we get to know the creatures around us, the clearer is the understanding we obtain… — Sten Lindroth Copy Share Image
The air of caricature never fails to show itself in the products of reason applied relentlessly and without correction. The observation of… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
“Linnaeus's last lesson, of which he himself was unaware, was that professorships kill philosophers. Oh, I'm vain enough to want my burgeoning… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Linnea… A plant of Lapland, lowly, insignificant, disregarded, flowering but for a brief space - from Linnaeus who resembles it. — Carl Linnaeus Copy Share Image
I have rarely read anything which has interested me more, though I have not read as yet more than a quarter of… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The interpretations of science do not give us this intimate sense of objects as the interpretations of poetry give it; they appeal… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
“While we’re at it, why don’t we add a third emotion to this list: lust. You are probably unaware that Linnaeus lumped… — Benson Bruno Copy Share Image
“I hope you will understand it! Linnaeus says the plants get married and make new plant families, and then those families intermarry… — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
“But Linnaeus took one bold step which changed humankind’s view of our place in nature for ever. He was the first person… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Of course to one so modern as I am, 'Enfant de mon siècle,’ merely to look at the world will be always… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image