3 0 6 THE DEATH OF THE YOUNGER LINN^US. 
creased violence, and he fell in a profound and lethargic slumber, which 
soon changed into the sleep of death. In the afternoon on the first 
of November 1783, an apopleftic stroke put a period to his exist- 
ence, in the full prime of life, and in the forty-second year of his 
age. 
His death eclipsed totally many fine and brilliant hopes. Great men 
are rare phenomena, and it is a still rarer case for their greatness to be 
transplanted among their descendants in direH line. Newton died 
single; and so did Pope, Leibnitz and Voltaire. Baron 
Emanuel Haller followed his father early to the tomb, and the 
younger Linnaeus earlier still. He died in a state of celibacy. The 
domestic circumstances under which he attained the age of manhood, 
had not permitted him to choose a partner of his life. 
The same domestic circumstances had also a great influence upon 
the harmony of his mind, and the formation of his character. In a 
strong and fine body he possessed a noble and excellent heart. He striftly 
resembled his father by his keen and penetrating eyes, in temper and 
aflivity of mind; but he was neither endowed with the enterprising re- 
soluteness and energy of his charafter, nor with his assurance, his can- 
dour, his consciousness of superiority, his love of adulation, and the 
grandeur of his outward appearance. Fond of praise and honour, he 
never sought after eulogiums, nor was he forward or ostentatious with 
regard to his learning and merits. Steadily bent upon the execution of 
all his undertakings and resolutions, he attended gratefully to the hints 
and remarks of others, whenever they bore conviction with them. He was 
the delight of his friends, an honour to the University of Upal, and an 
a object 
