LITTLE 

 JOURNEYS 



land, only with more minuteness. Linnaeus read the 

 letter again. The draft fluttered from his fingers to the 

 floor. " Pick that up! " he ordered of the messenger. 

 QHe wanted to see if the other man saw it, too. The 

 other man picked it up he was not dreaming after all! 



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'HIS second expedition had two objects 

 one was the better education of Baron 

 Reuterholm's two sons and the other the 

 survey. One of these sons was at the Uni- 

 versity of Upsala and had conceived such 

 an admiration for Linnaeus that he had 

 written home about him. No man knows what he is 

 doing we succeed by the right oblique little did 

 Linnaeus guess that he was preparing the way for 

 great good fortune. 



The second excursion was one of luxury. It lacked the 

 hardship of the first, and involved the management oi 

 a party. Reuterholm was a rich Jewish banker, and a 

 man in close touch with all Swedish affairs of state. 

 This time Linnaeus was provided with ample funds. 

 Linnaeus had a genius for system a head for business. 

 He classified men, and systematized his work like a 

 general in the field. There were seven young natural- 

 ists in the party, and to each Linnaeus assigned a 

 special work, with orders to hand in a written report 

 of progress each evening. That the "Economist" or 

 steward of the party was an American lends an espec- 

 ial note of interest for us. After Dalecarlia it was to be 

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