134 PAt^EGYRlSTS OF LINN^US. 



" of which, to conclude from your letters and your celebrity, ought to 

 « gain you an immortal name." 



In a second Letter, March i^tk 1740. 



" I have frequently been speaking of you to my colleague, professof 

 " Magnol. He holds you in reverence. Doftor Le Monier, of 

 " Paris, who, by the King's commands is colleBing plants here, calls 

 " you a divine, an adorable man — virum adorandum. I congratulate 

 *' you, that Jussieu, that zealous adherent of Tournefort, has 

 *' arranged the royal botanical garden at Paris, according to your sys- 

 " tem. I now esteem him the more, since he is obsequious to the 



truth. An uncommon and extraordinary thing indeed ! He so old 

 " — and you so young — and both botanists! Ah! how much do the 

 " noble botanists excel the splenetic and envious physicians !" 



In a Third Letter, dated August 12, 1740. 



" Your name is now most copiously quoted by the literati of our 

 nation, and your writings are eagerly sought after. He that is in 

 *' possession of them, conceals and preserves them in the most careful 

 ** manner, and does not communicate such treasures. 



« Were I to express the pleasure which I felt in the perusal of 

 your works, it would take up several letters to describe it. Your 

 « merits are hr above my encomiums. I want eloquence to represent 

 ** them. I dwell, therefore, in mute admiration. All my colleagues 

 « are astonished when they hear what you have done at your time of 

 " of life. There never was a man who could write in so short a time, 



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