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niary iifclefs admonitions, and fomc hints to his parents 
that a honeft trade would be better adapted to the abi- 
lities of their fon, it was determined that the young 
Linnaetis (hould be bound apprentice to a fhoemaker. 
The mind however will immediately find relief from the 
painful degradation it mull fufferat the contemplation of 
this illullrious founder of natural fcience being about to 
be funk into the lowell mafs of mechanical drudgery, 
and rej'ofe with grateful benevolence on the memory of 
Dr. John Rothman, profelfor of medicine in Wexicoe, to 
whofe dilcernment and exertions we are folely indebted 
for his rtfeue. This good and learned man, who had 
formed an acquaintance with him and juftiy appreciated 
his uncommon abilities and eagernefs for natural hillory, 
having intelligence. of the defign of removing him fiom 
college, perfuaded his friends to let him purfue the ten- 
dency of his genius and the wilhes.ofhis heart; and that 
it might not incumber the fmall income of his father, 
pr<?mifed .to take him into his own houfe, gratuitoufly to 
.furnilb him with all necelfarics, and himfelf to teach 
him.the elements of his profeffion. 
With Dr. Rothman he continued three years, en- 
larging his colleftipns, and accumuiating thofe (lores of 
information which were to conduS him to his future 
proftffipn. In the library of his patron he fortunately 
found the Inllitutiones Rei Herbaria:, or Elements of 
Botany, by Tournefort. This gave him the firll view 
pf the conveniencies of arrangement and the beauty ®f 
