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SECTION VII. 
RESIDENCE OF LINN FEUS AT STOCKHOLM.— BEGINNING 
OF HIS ACADEMICAL LIFE AT UPSAL, &c. 
LINNAEUS RETURNS TO SWEDEN.— SETTLES AT STOCKHOLM.— IS RIDICULED AND 
CALUMNIATED.— BEGINS TO PRACTICE PI-IYSIC.— UNPLEASANTNESS OF HIS SI- 
TUATION.— HALLER OBTAINS FOR HIM THE PROFESSORSHIP OF BOTANY AT 
THE UNIVERSITY OF GOETTINGEN.— THE BARON'S LETTER TO LINNjEUS.— 
ANSWER MADE BY LINN ALUS. — HAPPY TURN OF HIS FATE.— COUNT TESSIN BE- 
COMES HIS PROTECTOR.— THE CURE OF THE COUGH MAKES HIS FORTUNE.— 
ANECDOTE.— IS APPOINTED PHYSICIAN TO THE ADMIRALTY AND BOTANIST 
TO THE KING.— JOINS IN WEDLOCK WITH MISS MORjEUS.— FOUNDATION OF 
THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF STOCKHOLM.— HIS CONCERN IN THIS INSTITU- 
TION. IS ELECTED FIRST PRESIDENT. — HIS SPEECH ON HIS RESIGNATION OF 
THE PRESIDENCY. — OTHER LEARNED LABOURS. — DEATH OF OLAUS P.UDBECK 
AT UPSAL. LINN.EUS ENDEAVOURS TO SUCCEED HIM, BUT TO NO PURPOSE.— 
HIS JOURNEY TO THE ISLANDS OF OELAND AND GOTHLAND.— PROFESSOR 
ROBERG AT UPSAL RESIGNS. — LINN.EUS SUCCEEDS HIM.— HIS SPEECH OF IN- 
AUGURATION.— EXCHANGES HIS FUNCTIONS AS PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY FOR 
THE PROFESSORSHIP OF BOTANY.— BIRTH OF HIS SON CHARLES.— GOES TO 
UPSAL.— BOTANICAL GARDEN, ITS BAD STATE, ITS TOTAL AMELIORATION 
AND DESCRIPTION.— THE GARDEN IS BEAUTIFIED AND ENLARGED IN OUR 
TIME.— LETTER OF DONATION SENT BY GUSTAVUS III. LATE KING OF SWE- 
DEN.— HONOURABLE MENTION OF LINNjEUS IN THAT LETTER.— FRESH AC- 
COUNT OF THE BOTANICAL GARDEN AT UPSAL.— COLLECTION OF FOREIGN 
TREASURES.— FLOURISHING STATE OF THAT GARDEN UNDER DERRICK NIET- 
ZEL OF HAMBURGH, GARDNER UNDER LINNAEUS. — CELEBRITY OF THE UNI- 
VERSITY OF UPSAL.— FOREIGN PUPILS OF LINNjEUS. — ESTABLISHMENT OF A 
CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY.— PRESENTS.— LECTURES OF LINNAEUS.— MORE 
LEARNED LABOURS.— HE PUBLISHES HERMANN’S HERBAL.— TRAVELS THROUGH 
WEST-GOTHLAND AND SCHOENEN, OR SCANIA.— FLORA AND FAUNA SUECI- 
CA. LINNjEUS IS ELECTED MEMBER OF THE ACADEMIES OF MONTPELLIER, 
TOULOUSE AND BERLIN. — SEVERAL MEDALS STRUCK BY THE SWEDISH GRAN- 
DEES IN HONOUR OF LINNjEUS. — MEDAL OF COUNT TESSIN — IS APPOINTED 
DEAN OR PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.— MOTIVES OF HIS 
PREFERMENT. — DEATH OF THE FATHER OF LINNjEUS. 
After an absence of three years and an half, Linnaus returned 
to his country, and reached Stockholm , in September 1738. The 
thought of his arrival made his heart vibrate with the utmost joy. He 
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