130 PANEGYRISTS OF LlNNvEUS. 



ajid to triumph over his rival in the vacancy at Upsal, he published a 

 small work, under the title of The Opinion of the Learned World on 

 the Writings of Charles Linnaeus, M. D." (Orbis Eruditi Judicium 

 dc Car. Linncei 'M. D. Scriptis). 



This is the only peculiar apology which Linnaeus ever wrote in his 

 own behalf, and also the only produflion which he published in an 

 anonymous manner. However numerous and common the greatest part 

 of his other works are, yet as extremely scarce is this performance even 

 in Sweden*. It seems neither to have been known to Haller nor to 

 other naturalists, at least they never mentioned it, and there are scarce 

 two copies to be met with in all Germany. The contents of this pam- 

 phlet being equally remarkable and unknown, they deserve a more par- 

 ticular account. 



The title contains the symbol or motto of Linn.eus, taken from 

 Virgil : "To raise fame by deeds, is the task of the noble-minded :" 

 — Famam extollerefa^is — hocvirtutis opus ; and on the back Gronov's 

 inscription on the image of Linn.eus : 



*' Ne succumbe malis ; te noverit ultimus Ister, 



*« Te Boreas gelidus." 

 — In spite of fate— from the Danube's mouth to the frigid North, 

 shall thy name be .known." 



Then follows a short view of the principal incidents of our hero's 

 life, and a list of the different works which he till then published, with 

 their divers editions, making altogether twenty-one, besides the names 

 of those who have publicly accepted and vindicated the Linn^an 



* I am indebted for the communication of this pamphlet to the friendly kindnefs of Dr. 

 Knoes at Up/al, It is printed ia one sheet, small oftavo, without numerical figures 

 or the year. 



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