CHARACTER OF LINNAEUS. 
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losophical works, I mean, that eloquence which comprises many 
thoughts in a few words, and expresses new and important truths, in 
a noble and artless language. 
In all the works of Linn.eus, there reigns a profound adoration of 
Providence, a lively admiration of the greatness and wisdom of his 
ways, and a tender gratitude for his benefits. Pie believed in Provi- 
dence, because his daily observations upon nature furnished him with 
fresh proofs of her sublime immensity, and he daily saw instances of it 
before his eyes. 
All authentic particulars, which can contribute to a striker know- 
ledge of the life, character and peculiarities of a man, who has ren- 
dered himself as eminent and as immortal as Linnaeus, cannot fail to 
prove agreeable and interesting. We shall therefore subjoin here those 
anecdotes which Professor Fabricius of Kiel , one of his most cele- 
brated pupils, has colle&ed respecting him. 
“ For two whole years,” relates Fabricius t, namely from 1762 till 
1764, “ have I been so fortunate as to enjoy his instruction, his gui- 
“ dance and his confidential friendship. Not a day elapsed, on which I 
u did not see him, on which I was not either present at his leCtures, or, 
“ as it frequently happened, spent several hours with him in familiar con- 
“ versation. In summer we followed him into the country. We were 
“ three, Kuhn*, Zoega+, and I, all foreigners. In winter we lived 
“ direCtly facing his house, and he came to us almost every day, in his 
* See Deutsches Museum, No. V. Lips- 1786, p. 431. 
f Kuhn was an American, born at Philadelphia. 
t Zoega died as a Coonsellor of State to the King of Denmark at Copenhagen, December 
29, 1788. He was born Oftober 7, 1742. 
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