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of the first opportunity that should present 

 itself for his return to Sweden. Before leaving 

 his native land Linnaeus had acquired what 

 is said to be easily gained by even a poor 

 young man when he happens to be of good 

 presence, polite accomplishments and some 

 personal magnetism; he had provided himself 

 with a rich and elderly prospective father-in- 

 law. Said prospective father-in-law had re- 

 turned the compliment by providing LinnaBus 

 with some travelling funds and the" needful 

 university fees. Before bidding the pros- 

 pective son-in-law farewell Dr. Moraeus, as 

 if endowed with some of that wisdom that 

 men say comes with years, and as if doubting 

 that the prospective bride would surely speed 

 the young man's early return, enjoined it 

 upon him that he must come back and begin 

 the practice of medicine whensoever he should 

 have gained the doctorate. 



But that which had long been uppermost 

 in Linnseus's mind had been, not medicine, 

 but systematic botany. In the direction of 

 the latter all his ambition led him. The 

 manuscripts of what he hoped would be 

 immortal books of botany and they became 

 such he had brought with him. No one 

 in Sweden would have published them. In 



