Who said "The natural world is the greatest book ever written."?

This quote is attributed to Carolus Linnaeus.

The natural world is the greatest book ever written. - Carolus Linnaeus

"The natural world is the greatest book ever written."

Carolus Linnaeus Nature

Naturalist and Taxonomist Swedish 1707–1778

"If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost too."

"Nature does not proceed by leaps."

"Deus creavit, Linnaeus disposuit."

"The Earth's creation is the object of geology."

"Nature teaches us about beauty."

"Nature teaches us patience and wisdom"

"Sometimes it snows in April."

"Every town has a soul, and Twin Peaks has a troubled one."