Linnaeus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his "comb" and "spare shirt," "leathern breeches" and "gauze cap to keep off gnats," with as much complacency as Bonaparte a park of artillery for the Russian campaign. The quiet bravery of the man is admirable.

The Essays of Henry D. Thoreau: Selected and Edited by Lewis Hyde (ed. North Point Press, 2002) - ISBN: 9781429935074