perseverance. I say industry ; for what 
would his geniu§ have done for him, 
without that indefatigable diligence, 
with which he pursued his researches 
in the midst of every obstacle ? Men 
of talent are too apt to suppose that the 
gifts of nature will effect every thing 
for them ; and that it is beneath their 
dignity, and the mark of an inferior 
spirit, to "submit to mental drudgery or 
bodily labour. Linnaeus never drew 
back from either; and in the end, you 
see," he literally verified the truth of 
Solomon’s proverb : “ Seest thou a 
man diligent in his business ? He shall 
stand before kings ; he shall not stand 
before mean men.” 
Linnaeus continued to reside at 
Stockholm ; except that he made some 
excursions in pursuit of his favourite 
objects. Honours and affluence now 
flowed in on him. Three years after, 
being chosen physician to the fleet, he 
