LINNAEUS 



HE name of Aristotle looms large out of 

 the mist and fog of time. Aristotle lived 

 over twenty-three hundred years ago. 

 He might have lived yesterday, so dis- 

 tinctively modern was he in his method 

 and manner of thought. 

 Aristotle was the world's first scientist. 

 He sought to sift the false from the true 

 to arrange, classify and systematize. 

 Q Aristotle instituted the first zoological 

 garden that history mentions, barring 

 that of Noah. He formed the first her- 

 barium, and made a geological collection 

 that prophesied for Hugh Miller the 

 testimony of the rocks. Very much of 

 our scientific terminology goes back to 

 Aristotle. 



Aristotle was born in the mountains of 

 Macedonia. His father was a doctor and 

 belonged to the retinue of King Amyntas. 

 The King had a son named Philip, who 

 was about the same age as Aristotle. 

 QYears later, Philip had a son named 

 Alexander, who was somewhat unruly, 

 and Philip sent a Macedonian cry over 

 to Aristotle, and Aristotle harkened to 

 the call for help, and went over and took 

 charge of the education of Alexander. 



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