preceded him had surrounded his fa¬ 
vourite science. A less ardent mind 
might have sunk under the weight of 
so many opposing circumstances ; but 
he marched firmly on, though not in¬ 
sensible to the roughness of his path. 
He felt hi%trials keenly, whilst he bore 
them manfully ; and when in a more 
prosperous period of his life, twelve 
years afterwards, he entered on the of¬ 
fice of professor, in his installation- 
speech he returned public thanks to the 
Almighty for having so wonderfully 
supported him under all his difficulties, 
and eventually relieved him from their 
pressure. 
His poverty and distress had risen 
to the greatest height, when once more 
the scene brightened. Celsius, whose 
acquaintance and patronage he so much 
desired, returned from Stockholm. 
He soon came to the botanic garden. 
Linnaeus was there, and Celsius, hearing 
