A STUDENT AT UPSAL. 19 



" N^us saw Flora in all her beauties on a throne, he saw her holding 

 " forth a wreath to crown his head ; all Nature in her magnificence bade 

 " him draw nearer ; but he saw the whole, as it were, at a most remote 

 " distance. He was obliged to penetrate the labyrinth of D^dalus 

 « to seek the thread which could guide him to the right path through 

 « so many wanderings." 



When the poverty of Linn ^us had risen to its highest pitch, fortune 

 and his distinguished conduQ offered him at once a charming prospe6l. 

 Olaus Celsius had returned from Stockholm. He visited the bo- 

 tanical garden. Linn^us was present, spoke of the plants, described 

 them with an exaftness surprising in a student, and upon nearer conver- 

 sation displayed such extensive knowledge as struck Celsius with 

 astonishment. He made farther enquiries into the circumstances and 

 condu£l of the young man, heard of his distress, and became his benc- 

 fador. 



LiNN/Eus was received into his house, where he obtained, gratis, 

 board and lodging. Celsius was likewise a great adept in the 

 Eastern languages, and then prepared his Hierobotanicon, a work in 

 which the plants and trees mentioned in Holy Scripture were to appear, 

 and which was published in the years 1745 and 1752, in two volumes, 

 did great honour to its author, and forms an appendix to the Hierozoi- 

 con, published by Bochard upon the animals whose names appear in 

 the Bible. Linn^us bore an aftive share in the colleftion of this 

 learned work, and gave such literary assistance as no other student 

 could have better afforded. This was one of the chief motives which 

 made Celsius take him into his house. To complete this task, Lin- 

 naeus had the free use of the library of Celsius, which in botanical 



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