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that he was no exception to the rule that appears 

 to determine that a prosperous poor man shall have 

 enemies. He was opposed by a Dr. Rosen on his 

 return from foreign travel, but Linnaeus stood his 

 ground. But when his father suggested a voyage 

 into Lapland to collect plants, Linnaeus gladly 

 seized the opportunity, and after arrangements had 

 been made, he went to stay awhile at home. 



Early in 1732 Linnaeus left his father's house, 

 to set out on his arduous undertaking. On his 

 way to Upsala he paid a visit to his former friend 

 and preceptor, Stobaeus, at Lund, and studied his 

 collection of minerals, the only branch of natural 

 history with which (he tells us) he was unacquainted. 

 He shortly after proceeded to Upsala, from which 

 place he set out on his journey alone. May 12th, 

 1732, "being at that time within half a day of 

 twenty-five years of age." 



During this journey Linnaeus travelled over the 

 greater part of Lapland, skirting the boundaries of 

 Norway, and returned to Upsala by the eastern 

 side of the Bothnian Gulf, having performed a 

 journey of near four thousand English miles, mostly 

 on foot, in five months. He necessarily endured 

 many hardships and vast fatigue, and his life was 

 several times imperilled. Bogs and forests inter- 

 cepted his way, and food, even of the coarsest 

 description, was occasionally not easily procured ; 

 yet, amid all difficulties, his spirit was unflagging, 

 and obstacles only seemed to quicken his zeal. 

 The natural curiosities of the country, the manners 



