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In addition to the college routine, 
Rothman gave him instructions in 
private ; and facilitated his progress 
still more, by allowing him the use of 
his well-furnished library, where he 
found inexhaustible resources. The 
works of naturalists and men of science 
were, to the ardent mind of young Lin¬ 
naeus, as fountains of water springing 
up in the desert. Joyfully did he drink 
of the streams of knowledge which they 
supplied ; and Rothman soon saw his 
pupil rise far above all his fellow-stu¬ 
dents in botanical research. The fur¬ 
ther he advanced, the more he was 
enamoured by the charms of nature ; 
and both at Wexicoe,and at his father’s 
residence, when the recess at college 
led him there, he continued to add to 
his collections of plants and insects. 
In employments so consonant with 
his inclination, three years passed swift¬ 
ly away ; and the time approached 
