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The Floral King. 15
it completely crushed his and his good wife’s long
cherished hope of once hearing Carl preach; and
what heart-burning. this decision caused in the
breast of the young ardent botanist might easily
be imagined; this cruel blow dealt by incapacity
{incapacity of discernment common in learned men
of narrow spheres and narrow views) to a young,
penetrating and soaring genius.
In this great distress Pastor Linnzus called upon
a friend, Dr. Rothman, a physician in Wexid, who
also taught physiology and botany in the school.
His verdict however was, ‘‘ Well, a preacher Carl
certainly never will be, but he might become a
famous physician, and that profession will feed
a man as well as the Church. Your son is far
advanced in natural history and, without gain-
saying, the foremost scholar in botany. If you
will permit, I’ll take him into my house; he shall
eat at my table gratis, and I will myself read with
him during the year that remains before he can
proceed to a University.” It need not be told how
gladly father and son accepted this generous and
well-timed offer.
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