THROUGH SWEDEN. 
more profound than on the fubjedt of ethics to take a general view 
of the fentiments, paffions, and principles of mankind, as unfolded 
and difplayed in hiftory, the great theatre of difledtion in moral 
anatomy. 
The profeflbrfhips of Upfala are in the gift of the king. The 
falaries annexed to them are from feventy to one hundred pounds 
per annum. During each term the profelfors give four public 
ledtures in the week gratis, and the fame number of private lec¬ 
tures ; for the latter they are paid by the ftudents, though the 
money that is given is very trifling. A profeflor who has conti¬ 
nued in office for thirty years is allowed to retire with the title 
emeritus, and enjoys his falary during life. In former times the 
univerfities often were crouded with thoufands of ftudents : even 
fo late as the year ] 730 , that of Upfala contained above two thou- 
fand. It is a ftriking proof of fome great revolution in the fenti¬ 
ments, views and purfuits of the Swedes, that the annual number 
of ftudents at Upfala does not now on an average exceed five hun¬ 
dred. They do not inhabit any diftindt colleges, there being no 
buildings for their accommodation, but lodge, as at Edinburgh and 
Glafgow and fome other proteftant univerfities, in the town. 
They attend the ledtures which are given by the feveral profelfors 
either at their own houfes, or the public halls appropriated to fuch 
purpofes. Befides the royal ftipendiaries or penfioners, or, as they 
are called, burfars, there are other poor ftudents, who are affifted 
in their expences by funds eftablifhed by private perfons, but ge¬ 
nerally allotted to family names, or the natives of particular pro- 
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