Carl Linnaeus - Systema Naturae (1735)

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Your works are wonderful, O Lord! In the multitude of Thy virtues you measure those who despise you.

Carl Linnaeus
Great is our God, and great is His power, and his strength is immeasurable

Carl Linnaeus
The Earth's Creation is the glory of God, as seen from the works of Nature by Man alone.

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From my youth you have taught me, O God, and now I would like to proclaim Your Wonders

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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 and known by classifying them methodically and giving them appropriate names. Therefore, classification and name-giving will be the foundation of our science.

Carl Linnaeus
I saw the infinite, all-knowing and all-powerful God from behind as he went away, and I grew dizzy. I followed his footsteps over nature's fields and saw everywhere an eternal wisdom and power, an inscrutable perfection.

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There is no generation from an egg in the Mineral Kingdom. Hence no vascular circulation of the humours as in the remaining Natural Kingdoms.

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Every genus is natural, created as such in the beginning, hence not to be rashly split up or stuck together by whim or according to anyone's theory.

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The stony rocks are not primeval, but daughters of Time.

Carl Linnaeus