ä wraLuCRECE. Pardonnez Je pous prie, o Sage ftenerablet leurs 

 defcmts, car je les ai compns-és a la hats dans Ta compagnie de 

 t'os pro fonds Docferirs. Que les fleurs , len oisemtXy len poissoris 

 ef: la Faune Suédoise soit fnvjaurs celebre par vos écrits, 



Smith, J, E., fföreLalet l.ill A Dissertation on tlie Fexcr, cj Plants , trans^a- 

 ted from the Latin o/ LiNN^us^ Lond. 1786, 8.-o, kallar 

 lilNNe p. X. först the Prince of Naturalists , och säger sedan 

 om honom p. xi. sy : 



Like all ollier grrnt men v, lio liave dislingv^Islied ihem^elves 

 above ihe rest of miukind, Linn^us has had his enemies, al- 

 thongli few have liad more frlends. It is not woiideiTiil that ihe 

 innovations he made should alarm tliose wlio thought themselves 

 Iiis snperiors in the scienre which he tauglit, and who had long 

 been dealing ont the opinions of others , wilhout daring to think 

 for themselves. His opponents of this kind, as well as those 

 who on making use of their judgment disapproved of his pub- 

 lications, are now , with their works, for ihe most part gone off 

 the stage. The fulihty of their objecrions has been repeatedly 

 shewn by many of Linn^us's pnpils and adsnirers , he himself 

 scarce ever deigning to notice tliem, and trusting for his justifi- 

 cation to time alonc, Its deeision has been most complefely i« 

 ^ • his farour. He lived to enjoy the highesl honours aud rewards 



that his counlrj could bestow, aud to see his system, by beco- 

 , ming universal, coutribule moie to the advancement of his dar- 



ling study, tlian the united labours of all mankind before hinj. 



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