CHARACTER OF LINN.EUS. ^73 



losopbical works, I mean, that eloquence which comprises many 

 thoughts in a few words, and expresses new and important truths, in 

 a noble and artless language. 



In all the works of Linn.^us, there reigns a profound adoration of 

 Providence, a lively admiration of the greatness and wisdom of his 

 ways, and a tender gratitude for his benefits. He believed in Provi- 

 dence, because his daily observations upon nature furnished him with 

 fresh proofs of her sublime immensity, and he daily saw instances of it 

 before his eyes. 



All authentic particulars, which can contribute to a strifter know- 

 ledge of the life, character and peculiarities of a man, who has ren 

 dered himself as eminent and as immortal as Linn/Eus, cannot fail to 

 prove agreeable and interesting. We shall therefore subjoin here those 

 anecdotes which Professor Fabricius of Kid., one of his most cele- 

 brated pupils, has collected respe£ling him. 



" For two whole years," relates Fabricius t, namely from 1762 till 

 1764, " have I been so fortunate as to enjoy his instruftion, his gui- 

 <' dance and his confidential friendship. Not a day elapsed, on which I 

 " did not see him, on which I was not either present at his le6lures, or, 

 *' as it frequently happened, spent several hours with him in familiar con- 

 " versation. In summer we followed him into the country. We were 

 " three, Kuhn*, ZoECAt, and I, all foreigners. In winter we lived 

 *' diredly facing his house, and he came to us almost every day, in his 



* See Deutsche! Museum, No. V. Lips. 1780, p. 431. 

 \ Kuhn was an American, born at Philadelphia. 



X ZoEG A died as a Coonsellor of State to the King of Denmark at Copenhagen , December 

 29, 17S8. He was born Oftober 7, 1742. 



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