Carl Linnaeus Quotes

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• If a tree dies, plant another in its place.
• In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.
• Of what use are the great number of petrifactions, of different species, shape and form which are dug up by naturalists? Perhaps the collection of…
• I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I…
• Botany is based on fixed genera.
• Nomenclature, the other foundation of botany, should provide the names as soon as the classification is made... If the names are unknown knowledge of the…
• Nature's economy shall be the base for our own, for it is immutable, but ours is secondary. An economist without knowledge of nature is therefore…
• Stones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel.
• Natural bodies are divided into three kingdomes of nature: viz. the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms. Minerals grow, Plants grow and live, Animals grow, live,…
• As one sits here in summertime and listens to the cuckoo and all the other bird songs, the crackling and buzzing of insects, as one…
• There are some viviparous flies, which bring forth 2,000 young. These in a little time would fill the air, and like clouds intercept the rays…
• When all the thoughts are concerning one thing and the person loses interest in other things, the melancholy begins.
• To live by medicine is to live horribly.
• The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this notion consists in having a true idea of the objects; objects are distinguished…
• The names of the plants ought to be stable [certa], consequently they should be given to stable genera.
• A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss…
• All the species recognized by Botanists came forth from the Almighty Creator's hand, and the number of these is now and always will be exactly…
• We admit as many genera as there are different groups of natural species of which the fructification has the same structure.
• This drink has a magical power. It strengthens the weak, and revives those who have fainted. Those tired after work and physical activity can return…
• Linnea.... A plant of Lapland, lowly, insignificant, disregarded, flowering but for a brief space - from Linnaeus who resembles it.

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