LEWIS D. VON SCHWEINITZ. 
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attachment to his country ; and yet it was not from him 
that any modern traveller has learned the practice of 
vilifying every country through which he passes, much 
less, on returning home, that of bestowing on his own , 
by way reparation, a double share of the same abuse. 
After completing bis theological studies, Mr. Schwei- 
nitz engaged as a teacher in the Academy at Niesky, and 
by this means, enlarging and strengthening his own ac¬ 
quisitions, realized the truth of the maxim, docendo 
discimus. 
The presence of several valued friends engaged in 
the same pursuits, the cultivation of his favourite depart¬ 
ment of botany, a connexion with his cherished associates, 
Professor Albertini and Henry Steinhauer, (from Eng¬ 
land,) and the opportunity of improving his taste for 
literature by various reading and frequent composition 
on the prominent subjects discussed in the literary jour¬ 
nals of the day, all contributed to the improvement and 
happiness of Mr. Schweinitz, and rendered the arduous 
duties of his station a pleasure rather than a burthen. 
Scarcely any important topic in the wide field of science, 
escaped his notice, and especially did the constitution 
and management of the affairs of his social and religious 
fraternity, call forth from his pen many able and spirited 
articles. 
From the commencement of his residence at this place, 
his botanical researches had been particularly directed 
to the Fungi, a department previously much neglected, 
and in 1805 the number of new genera and species disco¬ 
vered by himself and Albertini was so great as to warrant 
