In the second edition of his Systema Naturae (published in 1740), Linneaus -- for the first time ever -- classified the human species as a species of mammals. He also ordered the human mammal by geography.
His official name for the American human is: homo americanus rufus cholericus rectus regitur consuetudine.
Reddish choleric man, walking tall, governed by habit.
For those of us occasionally watching Fox, or sporadically awake during the past 8 years: How Nostradamic of Mr. Linneaus!
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I have in my lap a copy of Omega Minor.
This is great writing.
Wow.
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