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the Campi Elysii . It was proposed to compensate for this loss. Under 

 the immediate protection of the States, the Academy of Sciences came 

 to a resolution in 17315 to send another traveller to make discoveries 

 in Lapland. Celsius and Rudbeck had proposed a young gentleman 

 for this purpose, and their choice fell on him, who united their good 

 wishes and the greatest abilities — our Linn/eus. 



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