70 LINN&US AS A ZOOLOGIST 



promoting science, exploration and the arts, 

 to the true glory of his kingdom. 



From every civilized nation, as well as 

 from Sweden, Linnaeus drew pupils. Those 

 conversant with the dawn of science in the 

 modern sense, will find familiar the names 

 upon the roll. 



First, as true martyrs of science, who gave 

 their lives, by pestilence or accident in foreign 

 lands for the promotion of discovery, are 

 Ternstrom who died in China; Hasselquist 

 in Smyrna; Forskal in Arabia; Loefling in 

 South America; and Falk in Tartary. 



Those more fortunate, but not less daring, 

 who adventured in foreign lands and by a safe 

 return were enabled to reap, in their lifetimes, 

 a reward of merit, were Peter Kalm in North 

 America; Rolander in Surinam; Toren in 

 Malabar; Osbeck in China; Sparrmann in 

 South Africa; Thunberg in eastern Asia and 

 Japan; Niebuhr in Egypt; Gmelin in Siberia; 

 and, in various parts of Europe, Koehler, 

 Alstroemer, von Troil, Fabricius, and Solander. 



I have mentioned but a prominent few 

 among many. A little leaven leaveneth the 

 whole lump. That influence which drew 

 and held students, which inspired them to 

 their utmost efforts, faithful in the quest 



