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tiftil girl: a certain baron had paid his 
addresses to her without success. I 
saw her ; was amazed, smitten, and 
fell in love. My caresses and represen¬ 
tations won her heart. She promised 
her consent, and vowed to be mine. 
But as a poor young man, I was much 
perplexed to ask her of her father. At 
last I ventured. Moreens consented, 
and refused. He loved me, but not 
my uncertain and adverse fate. He 
finally declared that his daughter should 
remain unmarried three years longer, 
and at the expiration of that time, he 
would give his ultimate decision.” 
It appears that Moraeus thought, as 
the father of Linnaeus had done, that 
botanical and mineralogical studies were 
little likely to secure fortune , whatever 
fame might await the student. He 
therefore advised him to apply himself 
more completely to the study of practi¬ 
cal medicine, and urged him to procure 
