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and the disappointment of the sanguine hopes of a pa- 
rent may be conceived, when the recommendations of 
his preceptors extended only to his ability for some 
manual employment, and that farther expense in 
forcing a learned education would be comparatively 
thrown away. The old clergyman, having for some 
time laboured under a complaint which might have 
now increased from his anxiety, was obliged to con- 
sult Dr Rothman, a provincial physician ; and grieving 
at the seemingly wayward and careless disposition of 
his son, he opened his mind to the doctor, who kindly 
prescribed for both his mental and bodily sufferings. 
He remarked, that, although the boy might be unfit 
to follow that profession in which his father would have 
wished to have seen him his successor, there was the 
greater hope that some other study would be more ar- 
dently pursued, that he might yet arrive at eminence 
in medicine, as being more intimately connected with 
the branch of his own choosing ; and he offered to give 
young Linne board and instruction during the year 
which it was still necessary he should make up at the 
Gymnasium. 
The offer of Dr Rothman was gratefully accepted, 
and that gentleman faithfully redeemed his promises. 
He gave his now willing pupil instructions in physio- 
logy and botany, pointing out the advantages of study- 
ing the latter science according to the system of Tour 
nefort. In both Linnams made considerable proficiency, 
had already commenced to arrange every plant in its 
