60 CARL LINNAEUS. 



quite as well for Linnaeus had he succeeded ! How- 

 ever, matters were amicably adjusted, and the long 

 waiting lover became engaged. 



He repaired at once to Stockholm to begin the 

 practice of medicine, still keeping as near Upsala 

 University as possible. And here troubles began 

 anew. He says : " Being unknown to everybody, 

 people were unwilling to trust their lives in my 

 hands. Nay, they even hesitated to trust me with 

 their dogs ! Abroad, I had been honored in every 

 place as Princeps Botanicorum ; but in my own 

 country I was looked upon as a Klim, newly 

 arrived from the subterranean regions ! No one 

 cared how many sleepless nights and toilsome 

 hours I passed. Had I not been in love I would 

 certainly have left Sweden and gone abroad." 



After a time a fortunate cure effected by him 

 brought him speedy popularity. "No invalid 

 could now recover without my assistance. I was 

 busy from four in the morning till late in the 

 evening; nor were my nights left undisturbed." 

 He was soon chosen a member of the Upsala 

 Academy, and at the request of the king, through 

 his tutor, Count Tessin, gave public lectures on 

 botany and mineralogy. 



And now the rising botanist desired to claim his 

 bride. They were accordingly married June 26, 

 1739, when Linnaeus was thirty-two. Dr. Moraeus 

 had waited long enough to see that his daughter 

 was making no mistake. Life now flowed on 

 smoothly. If the "little wife," as he called her, 



