For wealth disappears, the most magnificent houses fall into decay, the most num... — Carl Linnaeus | Quoted Truth

For wealth disappears, the most magnificent houses fall into decay, the most numerous family at some time or another comes to an end: the greatest and the most prosperous kingdoms can be overthrown: but the whole of Nature must be blotted out before the race of plants passes away, and he is forgotten who in Botany held up the torch.

— Carl Linnaeus Early Modern

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A philosophical statement on the transience of human achievements compared to the enduring nature of the natural world and the pursuit of knowledge.

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18th Century

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