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between him and Rosen. The instructions for obser¬ 
vations which the former drew up, and the honourable 
judgment which the minutes of the said Society 
record, show that no “ inexpiable hate ” or even a 
diminished friendly relation, existed between them. 
We now pass to 1733, when Linnaeus, during the 
spring term and the whole of the summer, imparted 
special instruction, no prohibition being made against 
it. Had he then, as formerly, laid himself open to 
the previously mentioned attacks, he would have been 
guilty of a manifest and impudent lie, for in a letter 
dated October of that year to Governor Gyllengrijp 
in his catalogue of merits he says: 1. “ I have occu¬ 
pied myself at the University in a quiet, sober and 
Christian way, so that nobody can convict me of the 
smallest offence; I have never been summoned before 
a judge, nor have I molested anyone in the least.” 
After writing this letter, and at the express wish of the 
academic authorities, he held his assay lectures, pre¬ 
viously mentioned, when he, a student, had the satis¬ 
faction of numbering amongst his pupils Adjunct 
Rosen, a very gratifying occurrence. Still less can 
certain biographers, such as Stover, Pulteney, Gistel 
and others, ascribe the “ duel ” to the close of this 
year and regard his journey to Falun and district 
as a kind of forced banishment from the University. 
Linnaeus, on the contrary, gave an entirely different 
reason, namely that he was especially devoting him¬ 
self to mineralogy and was endeavouring to devise 
an arrangement of minerals, which could not be 
better studied than in the mining districts. Further¬ 
more, if a prohibition had been granted it is doubtful 
if he could have delivered private lectures in the 
spring of 1734, not only on topics of natural history, 
but also on dietetics. Also the fact remains that six 
months later he received a testimonium academicum 
specially noted in the University minutes as a <c hand¬ 
some ” one, an exceptional notification. Such testi¬ 
mony would certainly not have been given by grace 
