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this stone, Linnaeus began in a strain of enthusiastic language to 

 expatiate on the magnificence and grandeur of the Creator. — " Theologia 

 " Naturalis," exclaimed he, " est vera Philosophia: or Nature best pro- 

 " clahns a God, &c." 



Time finally bereft me of the exquisite delight, which I should 

 have experienced, had I been at liberty to enjoy any longer the conver* 

 sation of this great man. I returned to Stockholm, where Count Schef- 

 i^ER presented me to the late King. His Majesty was graciously 

 pleased to discourse with me upon the Ocului mundi which I had dis- 

 covered, and even to make experiments on the changes of colours. 



When I went the next day to take leave of Count Scheffer, 

 he presented me, in his Majesty's name, with two gold medals. 

 « LiNNiEus," added he, " complains of you to me, for having made 

 " too short a stay at Upsal. The opinion which he entertains of you 

 « may be colle6led from the answer which he returned to the enquiries 

 " of two of my friends at Stockholm*."'' 



My return by the Baltic to Courland was far from being a pleasant 

 one, as the winter season had then begun to set in. But the remem- 

 brance of the happy hours which I passed in Sweden, made me 

 forget all the inconvenience of my voyage; — and this remembrance 

 will always continue precious and dear to my reflexion ! 



* These answers were written on two cards ; one of them contained these words : 



<' Dominum E. C. Schultz. 



ex professo Curiosum et Mineralogum pukherrime differentem de lapidibus ; cum ob- 

 leitamento exaudivinaus. 



Carl Von Linne- 



The second card bore : 



-Qu^o, quantoque ardore fervet in scientiam Mineralogicam Clarissimus E. C. Schultz, 

 nom latebit quemquam, qui brevi tempore ejus convcrsatione lUitur. 



Carl Von Linne. 



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