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tion more ufelefs or uncertain than an enquiry into the exa< 5 t mode 
of pronouncing dead languages. Mr. Norberg is undoubtedly a 
man of genius, as well as of induftry and learning. He has pub- 
lifhed a Codex Syriaco Hexaplaris, with a Latin verfion, and a great 
variety of academical treatifes, relating chiefly to the eaftern na¬ 
tions, their manners and cuftoms, of which he is a great admirer; 
their gods, laws, &c. and all in a flyle of pure latinity, formed 
chiefly on that of Tacitus. 
Matthew Fremling, profeffor of theoretical philofophy. He 
has publifhed a piece entitled, “ An Enquiry into the Arguments 
“ of Mr. Kant in favour of the exiflence of God, and of the Im- 
“ mortality of the Soulwith fome theological effays. His beft 
works are, his DifTertations on Space as it is conceived by Kant. 
He pofTeffes great acutenefs of mind, as well as a fine imagination, 
and fluency of expreffion, and has the talent of diffufmg an intereft 
and animation on the molt abflrufe fubjedts. He has been en¬ 
gaged in feveral literary controverfies with the prefent bifhop (for¬ 
merly profeffor) Munthe, a follower and commentator of Kant’s 
fyftem. 
Retzius, profeffor of natural hiflory, chemiftry and oeconomy, 
above noticed. 
Tegman, profeffor of mathematics, effeemed a very good teacher. 
Lundbald, profeffor of poetry and eloquence. He gained the 
prize in the academy of belles-lettres by a poem on the victory of 
Charles XII. at Narva. He is a great Latin poet, and indeed the 
only one in Sweden. 
Sjoberg, 
