The Great Linnaeus

[Bertil Haggman <bertil.haggman@helsingborg.se>]

Claudia Leskovsek wrote,



> I found your e-mail adress in the WWW and I hope someone of the mailing-list can
> help me. I need an information about the source of the following quote from
> Ernst Juenger. He wrote about Linné,
> 
> "der mit dem Marschallstab des Wortes in das Chaos der Tier- und Pflanzenwelt
> getreten war."
> 
> (who was stepped in the chaos of the plant- ans animal world with the
> words/speach  marshal´s baton - This is my personal and sure very poor
> translation)
> 
> Please write to me if you know, in which book (best in german edition) I can
> find this quote.

Dear Mrs. Leskovsek,

Pleased to report that your quote is from _Auf den Marmorklippen_.

"The great example we followed was Linnaeus,
who had entered the chaotic plant and animal
worlds with the marshal's staff of the word,
and whose rule over blooming fields and the 
legions of crawling creatures endured more
wonderfully than any empire won by the sword."

"Wir gingen vom hohen Beispiel des Linnaeus aus,
der mit dem Marschallstab des wortes in das
Chaos der Tier- und Pflanzenwelt getreten war.
Und wunderbarer als alle Reiche, die das Schwert
erstritt, waehrt seine Herrschaft ueber Blueten-
wiesen und ueber die Legionen des Gewuerms."

Saemtliche Werke XV, Stuttgart: Klett Cotta, p. 264.

Best greetings

Bertil Haggman, LL.M.
Author
Member, Swedish Authors Association
E-mail: bertil.haggman@helsingborg.se