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Cultural Development Linne 267
sought His footsteps in the realm of nature, and found
in each of them infinite wisdom and power."
On summer days he took his students with him into
the woods and fields to take a look into nature’s work-
shop. Of every plant or animal they saw, the master
had some amusing and interesting thing to tell. A
member of one of the classes relates : "After the stu-
dents had thus enjoyed the day, from morning till
Hammarby, LinneVs Home near Uppsala.
afternoon, the return to the city followed. The master
led the way, and the students escorted him to his home,
where with enthusiastic repetitions of ’Vivat Linnaeus’
a happy day was ended."
His vacations were spent at his country home, Ham-
marby, near Uppsala, where he had a large orchard
and flower garden.
In his later years he was ennobled and changed his
celebrated name Linnaeus for Von Linne. Splendid dec-
orations were conferred upon him from foreign lands,
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