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this stone, Linnaeus began in a strain of enthusiastic language to 
expatiate on the magnificence and grandeur of the Creator. ■“ Theologia 
« Naturalist exclaimed he, '« est vera Philosophia : or Nature best pro- 
{t claims a God, &?c.” 
Time finally bereft me of the exquisite delight, which I should 
have experienced, had I been at liberty to enjoy any longer the conver- 
sation of this great man. I returned to Stockholm , where Count Schef- 
fer presented me to the late King. His Majesty was graciously 
pleased to discourse with me upon the Oculus mundi which I had dis- 
covered, and even to make experiments on the changes of colours. 
When I went the next day to take leave of Count Scheffer, 
he presented me, in his Majesty’s name, with two gold medals. 
te Linneus,” added he, “ complains of you to me, for having made 
« too short a stay at Upsal. The opinion which he entertains of you 
a may be collefted from the answer which he returned to the enquires 
« of two of my friends at Stockholm 
My return by the Baltic to Courland was far from being a pleasant 
one, as the winter season had then begun to set in. But the remem- 
brance of the happy hours which I passed in Sweden , made me 
forget all the inconvenience of my voyage;— and this remembrance 
will always continue precious and dear to my reflexion ! 
* These answers were written on two cards ; one of them contained these word 
“ Dominum E. C. Schultz. 
ex professo Curiosum et Mincralogum pulcherrime differentem de lapidibus ; cum ob- 
leftamento exaudivimus. „ 
Carl Von Linne. 
The second card bore : 
Quo, quantoque ardore fervet in scientiam Mineralogicam Clarissimus E. C. Schultz, 
non latebit quemquam, qui brevi tempore ejus conversatione utitur. 
Carl Von Linne. 
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