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3 days ago · In the early 1700s a young Swede, Carl Linnaeus, was trying to find his position in European society. Being the son of a preacher placed him in the middle to upper middle class, a status he desperately wanted to keep and improve upon. His only real passion was natural history, but that provided little or no income.
14 hours ago · Carl Linnaeus [a] (23 May 1707 [note 1] – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, [3] [b] was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy ". [4] Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is ...
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2 days ago · The monarch butterfly or simply monarch ( Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly ( subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. [6] Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. [7] It is among the most familiar of North American butterflies and an iconic pollinator, [8] although ...
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5 days ago · Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to compare the duration of events or the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the conscious ...
1 day ago · Mr. Lincoln was as a Temperance Man. Mr. Lincoln was a Temperance Man, out an out. He neith used liquor himself, nor would furnish it for others. Gen. Brayman, who was a member of my church, a life long friend of Mr Lincoln, who used to practice law with him as early as 1837, told me he never knew Mr Lincoln to touch a drop of liquor, tho. it was customary, at that time, for almost every body ...
3 days ago · The meaning behind the song. At first glance, “Yellow Submarine” seems like a lighthearted song about a submarine that travels under the sea. However, the song has a deeper meaning that is often overlooked. The ‘Yellow Submarine’ is metaphorical of a vessel that takes the listeners on a journey. The song describes a journey that’s far ...
3 days ago · The Walrus. One of the most debated aspects of the song is the meaning behind the word “walrus.”. Many interpretations suggest that Lennon used the word as a symbol of something significant. Some argue that the walrus represents death or rebirth, as walruses get reborn in the Arctic each year. Others believe that the walrus is the Paul ...
