. Character of linn^us. 



•*« sical and pretended study of antiquities, hnt kittdled in all Europe an'd 

 « in other enlightened parts of the world, ati enthusiastic love of natural 

 «« history, which even captivated tnonarchs. As long as the world shall 

 " exist, there will be opportunities of making alterations, additions, and 



commentaries in certain learned produftions; but what is all this, if 

 ^' compared to the merits of an original creator. His mind was too ele- 



vated and too noble to have ever suffered him to abuse or vex even 

 <' those who had cowardly and morosely attacked him. Not a line of such 

 " a tendency obscures his splendid literary career. The Swedish court ex- 

 " pressed the esteem which it felt for him, not only by promoting and 

 " facilitating the progress of his science, but also by conferring upon 

 *' him personal rewards ; he graced the presence of his King ; in the 

 " temple which is consecrated to nature at Drottningholm, a medallion 



representing him is suspended amidst the most illustrious Swedes, and 



a superb mausoleum has been erected to him after his death. — Many of 

 « his countrymen, heedless of the dangers which abound on the stormy 

 *' seas and in wildernesses, the repairs of ferocious beasts, exposed 

 " themselves, merely to gratify their venerable professor by natural col- 

 *' leftions. One of them sent him a service of porcelain from China, 

 »' purposely manufaBured for him and bearing a representation of the 



LiNN^EA BoREALis on the outside. Others attempted by their 

 *< pencil, or Chis"el, to render imperishable their name by publishing 

 *' his portrait. As long as Linn-£us preserved the faculty of thinking, 

 *' he constantly had in his mind his darling motto : Famam Extender e 

 " Fadis. — It raised him from the humblest obscurity to the summit of 

 »* permanent fame*" 



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