SIR CHARLES LINNJEUS. 33 



His habits were simple, and he at all times dis- 

 played great kindness of heart. 



During the more than a century that lias passed 

 since his death, his fame has not decreased. It is true 

 that to-day he is looked upon more as a classifier than 

 a discoverer. He reduced chaos in botany to order 

 by a system of sexual classification, which has greatly 

 benefited the entire world of science. 



He was the great master-mind which named and 

 arranged botanical science, and whose efforts, more than 

 the efforts of any other single individual, either before 

 or since his death, gave an impetus to studies which 

 have given joy and intelligence to thousands of all 

 countries. 



Botanical science owes much to Linnoeus, and for 

 centuries to come he will receive the homage of 

 posterity. 



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