LITTLE for his blessing, he granted it as good men always do. 

 JOURNEYS Then the Doctor gave Linnaeus some good advice 

 go to Holland or somewhere and get a doctor's degree. 

 The enemies at Upsala called Linnaeus "the gypsy 

 scientist." Silence them Linnaeus was a great man 

 and the world would yet acknowledge it. 

 Sara Elizabeth agreed in all of the propositions. 

 Love, they say, is blind, but sometimes love is a reg- 

 ular telescope. This time love saw things that the 

 learned men of Upsala failed to discover their diag- 

 nosis was wrong. 



Linnaeus had prepared a thesis on intermittent fever, 

 and he was assured that if he presented this thesis at 

 the medical school at Harderwijk, Holland, with let- 

 ters from Baron Reuterholm and Dr. Moraeus, it would 

 secure him the much desired M. D. 

 A few months, at most, would suffice. He could then 

 return to Fahlun and take his place as a practicing 

 physician and a professor in the college, marry the 

 lady of his choice and live happy ever afterward. 

 So he started away southward. 



He arrived at Harderwijk and read his thesis to the 

 faculty. Instead of the callow youth, such as they usu- 

 ally dealt with, they found a practiced speaker who 

 defended his points with grace and confidence. The 

 degree was at once voted and a "cum laudus" thrown 

 in for good measure. 



Linnaeus was asked to remain and give a course of 

 lectures on natural history. This he did. 

 Before going home he thought he would take a little 

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