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and although he was ‘“‘doomed to become a minister” while still in the 
cradle, he always remained faithful to his first impulse to become a student 
of nature. 
As he grew older, this first impulse drove him farther and farther; he 
commenced to collect plants and insects, and in school he was soon dubbed 
“the little botanist.” Some of his teachers, LANNERUs and RoTHMAN, took 
a special interest in him, and it was at the urgent request of RoTHMAN 
that his father abandoned the idea of having his son educated for a minister. 
LInNAEUs was then sent to Lund to study medicine, and there he had the 
good fortune to meet the famous SToBAEUS, who soon discovered his talent 
and aided him in every way to prosecute his studies. He showed him the 
large collections in the museum, which at that time was quite rich in min- 
erals, shells, birds, and dried plants. Young Linnarus took a great 
interest in these collections and especially in the herbarium, and he very 
soon began to study the local flora, collecting and drying plants and mount- 
ing them. 
From Lund he went to Upsala, where he knew he would find a larger 
library, a botanical garden, and more than all he would have an opportunity 
to attend the lectures of Roperc and RupBecx. On his arrival in Upsala 
(1728), he met Cetsius, who treated him with the same fatherly benevo- 
lence as StopaEus. CELsIus introduced LiynaEus to RUDBECK, jr., 
an acquaintance who became of great importance to him. RUDBECK 
had himself visited Torneaa, Lapmark, and brought home extensive 
collections of plants, all of which were lost, however, by the great fire of 
Upsala (1707). While staying in the house of RupBeck, Linnaeus often 
listened to his narratives about this journey, and he soon felt a vivid 
desire to see that country and study its fauna and flora. Lapmark was at 
that time a terra incognita, and it was not so strange that the Royal Swedish 
Society accepted the proposition of Cersrus and RupsEcK to furnish 
LinNAEus with the necessary funds for making a journey to that country 
to make new collections. : 
Linnazvs left for Lapmark in the month of May 1732, and, having 
made numerous excursions throughout the country, he returned to Upsala 
in the late fall of the same year. To Linnaeus the journey became of the 
greatest importance. The arctic-alpine vegetation that prevails there left 
a deep impression upon him; his views became broadened; and he acquired 
great experience in field observation, not only in distinguishing species, but 
also in the geographic distribution of plants and animals. T. he results 
of this journey as they appeared in his Flora Lapponica laid the foundation 
of his fame. In the following year Linnazvs visited the Swedish province 
