journal, and is as interesting as " Robinson Crusoe." LITTLE 

 There is no night there in summer but for all this, JOURNEYS 

 Lapland is not paradise. It is a great stretch of desert, 

 vast steppes and mountains with here and there fertile 

 valleys. To be out in the wide open, with no compan- 

 ions but a horse and a dog, filled the heart of Linnaeus 

 with a wild joy. As he went on, the road grew so 

 rough that he had to part with the horse which he 

 did with a pang but the dog kept him company. 

 To be educated is to liberate the mind from its tram- 

 mels and fears to set it free, new chisled from the 

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Linnaeus reveled in the vast loneliness of the steppes 

 and took a hearty satisfaction in the hard fare. His 

 gun and fishing-rod stood him in good stead ; there 

 were berries at times and edible barks and water- 

 cress, and when these failed he had a little bag of 

 meal and dried reindeer tongues to fall back upon. 

 The simplicity of his living is shown best in the fact 

 that the expenses for the entire journey, occupying 

 seven months, was only twenty-five pounds, or less 

 than one hundred and twenty-five dollars. The Acad- 

 emy had set aside sixty pounds, and their surprise at 

 having most of the money returned to them, instead 

 of a demand being made for more, won them, hand and 

 heart. He had struck the sturdy old burghers in a 

 sensitive spot the pocket book and they passed reso- 

 lutions declaring him the world's greatest naturalist, 

 and voted him a medal, to be cast at his own expense. 

 Fame is delightful but as collateral it does not rank 



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