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OPPONENTS OF LINNAEUS. 
44 considered himself as a second Adam, and gave names to all the 
44 animals after their distin&ive marks, without ever caring for his pre- 
44 decessors. He can hardly forbear to make man a monkey, or the 
44 monkey a man" 
At a later period he gave the following critical opinion and review. 
44 Linn.eus always accuses those who find fault with him. But has 
44 he not caused his merits to be depreciated, by suppressing all bo- 
44 tanical names given by foreign authors except a few, nay, even 
44 those denominations which are palpably better than his own ? Has 
44 he not trampled upon the inventions of those, who would not be 
44 guided by his rules, omitted mentioning their new invented plants, 
44 and not pointed out their improvements? Has he not judged very 
44 severely of many learned men, even in sciences which have never 
* been his province ? Has he not refused to adopt, as long as possible, 
44 several species of plants which he reckoned among the bastard- 
44 species, and at last adopted several of them? We wish that Linnaeus, 
44 with his great industry and vivifying genius, may so far conquer his 
44 temper, as to place some confidence in men endowed with eyes and 
44 genius like himself, though they live in more southern countries, and 
44 remember in general, that all sciences like botany, are a republic.” 
These two censures are fully characterised by a spirit of asperity and 
resentment. Wounded self-love did not a little contribute to their 
publicity. Haller was the panegyrist, but more frequently the censor 
of Linn Ai us in those works, which furnished him with an opportunity 
of venting his spleen. He, however, vindicated himself from the re- 
proach ot jealousy against Linnaeus a few years previous to his death. 
44 It appears from the letters of Linn-eus,” says he, 44 in the preface 
44 prefixed 
