and to triumph over his rival in the vacancy at Upsal, he published a 
small work, under the title of The Opinion of the Learned World on 
the Writings of Charles Linnaeus, M. D.” (Orbis Eruditi Judicium 
de Car. Linncei M. D. Scriptis). 
This is the only peculiar apology which Linnaeus ever wrote in his 
own behalf, and also the only production which he published in an 
anonymous manner. However numerous and common the greatest part 
of his other works are, yet as extremely scarce is this performance even 
in Sweden*. It seems neither to have been known to Haller nor to 
other naturalists, at least they never mentioned it, and there are scarce 
two copies to be met with in all Germany. The contents of this pam- 
phlet being equally remarkable and unknown, they deseiye a more par- 
ticular account. 
The title contains the symbol or motto of Linm ® us, taken from 
Virgil : 64 To raise fame by deeds, is the task of the noble-minded 
— Famam extoller e Jablis — hocvirtutis opus; and on the back Gronov’s 
inscription on the image of Linn®us : 
« Ne succumb e mails ; te noverit ultimus Ister, 
,{ Te Boreas gelidus .” 
— « In spite of fate — from the Danube’s mouth to the frigid North, 
shall thy name be known.” 
Then follows a short view of the principal incidents of our hero’s 
life, and a list of the different works which he till then published, with 
their divers editions, making altogether twenty-one, besides the names 
of those who have publicly accepted and vindicated the Linn a: an 
# I am indebted for the communication of this pamphlet to the friendly kindnefs of Dr. 
Knoes at Up/al, It is printed in one sheet, small oftavo, without numerical figures 
or the year. 
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