LINNAEUS PROFESSOR AT UPSAL. 
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a S p 0 ke with a conviction and perspicuity which his deep penetration, 
c( his clear notions and ardent zeal inspired him with. It was impossi- 
« ble to be near him without attention, without participating in his 
« enthusiasm. He communicated to his pupils the greatest part of the 
h ideas and materials of the thirty disputations which were held under 
« him till the year 1750. They contained real treasures and elucida- 
“ tions of science.” 
The new established academy of Stockholm owed partly its existence 
to the zeal of Linnaeus, and found in him the most aCtive promoter 
of its flourishing and respefitable state. From the year 1739 to 175O 
he caused twenty-five treatises to be inserted in its annals, relative 
to several remarkable animals, plants, ancl other Swedish natural 
curiosities. He was also a most aCtive co-operator in the royal society 
of Upsal, among all the learned corporate bodies, which first admitted 
him a member, and made him its secretary for several years. During 
the same period he enriched its transactions with twelve theses or trea- 
tises (ABa Erudita Upsahensia). 
His reputation as the most eminent botanist was now decided. Of 
the truth of this assertion he obtained a very flattering proof, which at 
the same time furnished him with an opportuity of renovating the fame 
of a German then in his grave. Mr. Aucustus Gunther at Copen- 
hagen , had in his possession a most capital herbarium from the East In- 
dies , consisting of five volumes. Fie had enquired of several botanists 
after the collector, but none could tell him who he was. Fie sent, 
therefore, the whole to LinnjEus, to make use of it in the composition 
of his System of Nature. The latter found upon strict examination, 
that it was the herbal of Paul Herrmann, professor of botany at 
Leyden , 
