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once be ! Botany appeared to him too uncertain a branch of fame and 
support. He, therefore, advised Linnveus to apply himsell more ex- 
clusively to the theoretical and praftical study of physic. It then became 
necessary for the latter in order to see crowned the most ardent of his 
wishes, by the possession of his beloved, to take his degree of Doftor be- 
fore the expiration of the limited period. Want of money had rendered 
this impossible, notwithstanding his multifarious learned exertions. Love 
helped him to conquer these difficulties. In the year 1733, he had the 
good fortune, through the friendship and influence of professor Wall- 
rave, to obtain a pension arising from a foundation made m the uni- 
versity of Upsal, by one Wrede. This pension amounted to sixty dollars 
per annum*. He strained every nerve to obtain a continuation of this 
benefaftion, but his efforts proved unsuccessful. His El i z ab et h became 
however his support. She procured him about one hundred dollars out of 
her savings, arising from the liberality of her father. To this, Linnaeus 
added what little money he had laid by from his pension and leanest. 
With this stock he was to travel into a distant country, and to acqunc 
the title of doftor. At that time it was customary in Sweden for stu- 
dents to take up their degrees in foreign universities, a fashion in some 
respefts attended with expence, in others produHive of utility. 1 he 
Swedish physicians used then to become graduates in Holland, and 
generally at the University of Harderwyk, which was the least expen 
s ive. Linnjeus was therefore, preparing for his departure to that 
* The pensions granted by the crown to the students at Upsal, amount to forty-five. 
Private pensions, called Stifendia Magnatum, there are now thirty and some odd. 
a T Viter to Baron Haller already mentioned, Linnjeus himself says: ExM fa- 
1 • jives By Nummi aurei, Linnteus always meant ducats, the 
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ducats. „ country. 
