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LINN^US AT UPSAL. 
« magnanimous friendship of Hermann ! And what shall I now say 
« of you? You take a liking to a foreigner, invite him to come to 
« you, and offer him anacademical dignity and a professorship, and even 
« the botanical garden. A brother cannot be kinder to a brother, a 
“ father cannot treat better his only son. I have had intercourse with 
“ many men ; many have shewn me affe&ion, but none so much 
(s kindness as you. I would express my gratitude in words, but I am at 
“ a loss where to find them. For ever shall the memory of your name 
“ be sacred to me, and to others after me*. 
To this letter of thanks Linnaeus also added a short narrative of his 
adventures, with the following account of his residence at Stockholm , 
and the happy alteration in his circumstances, which we shall communi- 
cate here as the best historical account to continue our biography. 
« I took up my residence at Stockholm *. Every body laughed at my 
IC botany. Not one could tell how many restless nights and toilsome 
■f Quid de te dicam ipse f Peregrinum amas, vocas, professoriam dignitatem et munus 
et hortum fere offers. Vix frater fratri, vix pater hoc filio unico. Uno verbo, plures mor- 
tales vidi, multi me amarunt, nullus mihi obtuiit tanta, quanta tu. Verbis grates redderem, 
si possem. At san&a meate servabo, dum vixero, et alii post me, tuum nomen. 
•f Sedem fixi Holmia, irrisus ab omnibus ob meant botanicen. Quot insontnes nodes et 
laboriosas horas transegerim, nullus dixit ; quant veto a Sicgesbeckio eranx annihilate, omnes 
uno ore acclamabant. Incepi praxin exercere valde lente ; non erat, qui vel servum mihi 
curanduni obtuiit. Sed brevi fata cessabant adversa, et post diuturnas nebulas Phoebus. 
Emersi, ad primates acccritus, cessere omnia secundc; nullus asgcr sanabatur, me non prx- 
sente ; pecunias accepi ; ab hora quarta ntatutina in seram vesperam a-gros adii, nodes apud 
aegrotos consiuttsi. Heu ! dixi, dat JEscultif ius bona omnia, Flora vero solos Siegesbrckios ; 
interdixi Floram ; qua: collegi adversaria aeterno pulvere sepelienda millies decrevi. ' Mox 
primarius medicus classis navalis constitute fui ; conventus civiunt mox me botanicum re- 
regium, publice quo docerent botanicen in regio sede Stockholm'ue dixeie, stipendio annuo 
auxerunt. Incepi iterum arnare plantas. Sponsam adii turn nieain quinquennem, tam dignus 
thalamum intravi sponsie et uxoris. Socer tamen sat pecuniis ipse deledatur, nec genero 
facile concedit ; sed nec opus habeo; et quis a me generatur, habebil. Epist. ad Halle- 
rum, vol. i. page 415. 
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