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“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 gazes at the shining colors of flowers, doth one become dumbstruck before the Kingdom of the Creator.”

Quote by Carl Linnaeus

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Carl Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 - January 10, 1778) was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, physician, and systematist. He is considered the father of modern biological classification and his binomial nomenclature has had a profound impact on the development of biology. more

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