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academician, were the only rewards which Linn^us obtained for his 

 toils. Having surmounted so many dangers and difficultiesj he hoped 

 to find repose and better fortune at Upsal; but instead of these, fate 

 overwhelmed him with fresh adversities. 



Ambirious to shine in the science which he professed, and endea- 

 vouiing to secure the means of decent support, he began in the year 

 1733 to give lectures on botany, chymistry and mineralogy. On the 

 latter science he was the first at Upsal that ever gave regular leftures. 

 Novelty of matter, the different view in which he represented botany, 

 and the solidity and clearness of his doftrine, gained him uncommon 

 approbation. 



This very distinftion, so justly acquired, turned out to his pre- 

 judice. Envy and rivalship, combined with self-interest, gave rise to 

 all the violence of animosity. Linn.-eus had not taken his degrees, 

 which excluded him from the right of delivering public lectures. Had he 

 been a genius of the second order, he might have expefted to meet with 

 indulgence ; but as matters stood, he became too obnoxious to his com- 

 petitors, who were determined to check his rising fame. A young man 

 became at once the rival and accuser of Linnaeus. His name was 

 Do£lor Nicholas Rosen. He had succeeded professor Rudbeck 

 in his anatomical and physical office. The applause which Linn.*: us 

 received militated against Rosen's reputation. He informed against him 

 before the senate of the university, and insisted that, in virtue of the 

 academical statutes, Linn^us be no longer suffered to give public 

 lefl-ures. He was summoned to appear before the senate; several mem- 

 Jjers were in his favour; but Rosen pleaded the inviolability of the 

 3 statutes. 



