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His first discourse after installation was held on 
the 2nd November, 1741, and he continued thus to 
the end of 1776 with never slackening industry, so 
that except during the time that he was absent from 
the town, ill, or hindered by other causes, he did not 
neglect a single lecture. On the contrary, he gave 
to his pupils’ instruction more time than he was 
obliged to by law. Without fear of an unfavourable 
judgment therefore, he was able to say: “ With what 
energy I have prosecuted my professorship, I leave 
others to judge.” His eagerness or rather delight in 
teaching was so great, that when at the close of the 
spring term, shortly before Midsummer, he felt 
himself overstrained by the many labours, the feeling 
lasted only a couple of weeks, when he complained 
that he was as weary of the holidays as he was 
formerly tired with work. 
The statutory lectures were delivered at ten a.m. 
in the Gustavian building, usually in its largest hall, 
but sometimes in the botanic garden, so as to have 
abundance of plants to show, without having to carry 
them backwards and forwards. He never omitted, 
when he had opportunity, to show the Musa , which 
was specially dear to him since his days at Hartecamp. 
At the same time as these public statutory 
instructions, were given his private coaching lectures, 
which took place in his own house. He gave these 
partly because of his own zeal and his pupils’ 
expressed wishes, and partly for the pecuniary gain, 
which gave a welcome increase to his scanty stipend. 
With both these lectures and teachings, Linnaeus, 
especially at the beginning of his professorial career, 
had occasion to rejoice at the large audience, so large 
as to awaken astonishment. Although he was Pro¬ 
fessor in the medical faculty and at first had very few 
pupils to examine, he had among his numerous 
audience, so many belonging to other faculties, that 
few of his colleagues were so successful. In some 
subjects, such as the medicaments derived from 
