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MEMOIR OF LINNAEUS. 
Academy of Sciences of Upsala, the Academy of 
Sciences at Montpelier, the Royal Academies of Berlin 
and Paris, and Royal Society of London, all ranked 
him among their members. In 1761, he attained an 
additional accession of honours, being presented by 
his Sovereign with letters of nobility. His name 
was changed to Yon Linne, and arms w T ere assumed 
corresponding with his new rank. But, perhaps, 
the most flattering testimony of the extent and 
magnitude of his fame, was that which he received 
from the King of Spain, who invited him to settle 
at Madrid, with the offer of an annual pension for life 
of 2000 pistoles, letters of nobility, and the free exer- 
cise of his own religion. He returned his most grate- 
ful acknowledgments for the intended honour ; and 
his answer, that “ if he had any merits, they were 
due to his own country,” shows the sense of obligation 
which he felt to the countrymen who had raised him 
to such an eminence. 
The salaries which Linnaeus received from his 
various public appointments, had placed him in afflu- 
ent circumstances, and allowed him to gratify a wish 
which he had long indulged, the possession of a villa, 
where he could spend a part of his time, away from 
the hurry and bustle of a public life, and enjoy the 
quiet delights of a country retirement. He accord- 
ingly purchased the villa of Harmanby, about a league 
from Upsala, and during the last fifteen years of his 
life, mostly chose it for his summer residence. Here 
