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throne, when mentioning his foundation of new univer- 

 sity buildings at Upsala, he spoke of the death of Lin- 

 naeus as a public calamity. I have also instituted there ' 

 [at Upsala] ' a new professorhip. But I have lost, alas ! 

 a man whose celebrity was as great all over the world 

 as the honour was bright which his country derived 

 from him as a citizen.' Long will Upsala remember the 

 celebrity which it acquired by the name of Linnaeus ! 

 His magnitude was felt in the hollow space he left. 



The monument of Linnaeus in the cathedral is in the 

 Baner Chapel, adjoining the north aisle. It consists of 

 a pyramid of red porphyry from the Elfdal, which had 

 so much engaged his attention in his Dalecarlian tour, 

 bearing a bronze portrait medallion by Sergei, with 

 the inscription : CAROLO A LINNE BOTANICORUM PRINCIPI 

 AMICI ET DISCIPULI. 1798. 



The remains of the great naturalist repose under the 

 organ-loft at the western end of the cathedral, where a 

 plain slab of the pavement is inscribed : OSSA CAROLI A 



LINNE EQ. V. AUR. MARITO OPTIMO, FILIO UNICO CAROLO 

 A LINNE SUCCESSORI ET SIBI SARA ELISABETA MOR.EA. 



His works are his best monument and his glory, a 

 cathedral of his own building. ' He cautiously avoided 

 that common error, of building his own fame on the 

 ruin of another man's.' l 



A medal of Linnaeus lies within the foundation-stone 

 of the new botanical building in the garden at Upsala, 

 and an inscription to his memory on copper. 

 1 Smith. 



