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LINN^US AT UPSAL. 



" magnanimous friendship of Hermann! And what shall I now say 

 *' of you? You take a liking to a foreigner, invite him to come to 

 " you, and offer him anacademical dignity and a professorship, and even 

 " the botanical garden. A brother cannot be kinder to a brother, a 

 " father cannot treat better his only son. I have had intercourse with 

 " with many men ; many have shewn me affection, but none so much 

 " kindness as you. I would express my gratitude in words, but I am at 

 " a loss where to find them. For ever shall the memory of your name 

 " be sacred to me, and to others after me*. 



To this letter of thanks Linn.-eus also added a short narrative of his 

 adventures, with the following account of his residence at Stockholm, 

 and the happy alteration in his circumstances, which we shall communi- 

 cate here as the best historical account to continue our biography. 



" I took up my residence at Stockholm *. Every body laughed at my 

 « botany. Not one could tell how many restless nights and toilsome 



f Quid de te dicam ipse ? Peregrinum amas, vocas, professoriam dignitatem et munus 

 et hortum fere offers. Vix frater fratri, vix pater hoc filio unico. Uno verbo, plures mor- 

 tales vidi, multi me amarunt, niilkis mihi obtuiit tanta, quanta tu. Verbis grates reddercm, 

 si possem. At saridla mente servabo, dum vixero, et alii post me, tuum nomen, 



-f Sedem fixi Holml^e, irrisus ab omnibus ob meam botanicen. Quot insomnes nodles et 

 laboriosas horas transegerim, nullus dixit ; quam vero a Siegesbeckio eram annihilatus, omnes • 

 uno ore acclamabant. Incepi praxin exercere valde lente ; non erat, qui vel servum mihi 

 curandum obtuiit. Sed brevi fata cessabant adversa, et post diuturnas nebulas Phoebus. 

 Emersi, ad primates acceritus, cessere omnia secunde ; nullus aeger sanabatur, me non prse- 

 S€nte ; pecunias accepi ; ab hora quarta matufina in serani vesperam aegros adii, nodes apud 

 aegrotos consumsi. Heu ! dixi, dat jEsculapius bona omnia, Flora niero solos Siegesbeckios ; 

 interdixi Floram ; quae coUegi adversaria aeterno pulvere sepelienda miliies decrevi. Mox 

 primarius medicus classis navalis consiitutus fui ; conventus civium mox me botanicum re- 

 regium, publice quo docerem botanicen in regio sede Stockholmice dixere, stipendio annuo 

 auxerunt. In epi iterum amare plantas. Sponsam adii turn meam quinquennem, tam dignus 

 thalamum intravi sponsae et uxoris. Socer tamen sat pecuniis ipse deledlatur, nec genero 

 facix concedit ; sed nec opus habeoj et quis a me generatur, habebii. Epist. ad Halle- 

 rum, vel. i. page 415. 



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