done, without incurring expenses such 
as his slender means would not allow 
him to risk. His friends endeavour¬ 
ed to obtain for him an office in the 
university of Lund, from which he 
might derive some emolument; but 
their efforts in his favour failed of 
success. 
His case now seemed almost hope¬ 
less: indeed there appeared no way of 
extricating himself. But the ardour 
of his . mind and the buoyancy of his 
spirits did not forsake him. He met 
his difficulties without murmuring or 
dismay, ancLstifl looked forward hope¬ 
fully to brighter days. Many of his 
former pupils witnessed his trials with 
concern; and the patience and forti¬ 
tude with which he bore them, raised 
him yet higher in their esteem. 
Affairs had remained in this state 
some months, when several of these 
young men resolved to make a minera- 
