6z on fhe Swcdi/b academy. yan. il. 



At its commencement, it already pofsefses mem- 

 bers meriting universal suffrage. To the glory 

 of my kingdom, I see here an afsembly of men 

 who do as much honour to the Swedifh language, 

 as they merit one day to be celebrated by it. Gen- 

 tlemen, I anticipate the judgement of that poste- 

 rity for whose benefit you are now going to labour. 

 It views merit with a sure eye that neither can be 

 blinded by the false glare of flattery, nor by the 

 fhades of obloquy, with which jjartial cxiticism 

 sometimes covers the living." After having given 

 ,his merited elogium to each member of the acade- 

 my the king proceeds : " To h^our the memory 

 of great men is to call upon posterity to imitate 

 them. That is to say, warriors, statesmen, citi- 

 zens ; you who have inherited the names of those 

 heroes, or you who occupy their places, behold 

 the tribute that gratitude decrees to their memo- 

 ry ; merit, if you can, like elogiums. Your 

 names are to appear before the tribunal ofJ 

 ages : take care not to degenerate. It depends j 

 upon yourselves to render your names equally il- 

 lustrious." 



SPEECHES OF THE ATADEMiCIANS. 

 Extract from the speech of his excellency the Count 

 de Hoephen to the academy. 

 '* From the kings speech, and the statutes just 

 novv' read, we learn the intentions of his majesty, 

 and the aim of the institution of this academy, viz,. 

 the culture of our language, and the refinement of 

 taste ; objects truly worthy of the attention of the 

 monarch, ar-d all the cares of the academy. With 

 respect to the purity of the language, I think that 



