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The Floral King. 195
When Linnzus was speaking of the Majesty and
wondrous works of the Creator, awe and admiration
were depicted in all faces, and the most self con-
ceited youths, who always are ready, at the expense
of the most sacred truth, to vent their curt remarks,
would not have indulged in the vaguest doubt. Did
he speak again relative to the prescriptions of diet,
he would often allow his pupils to laugh exceedingly, -
as he depicted the mad whims of fashion, and during
elegant and agreeable pleasantry, he taught the most
useful precepts regarding the acquiring and preser-
vation of health.”
As a proof of the great enthusiasm with which all
the students listened to Linnzus, Hedin relates
the following in reference to the last public oration
which Linnaeus delivered when he resigned his
Rectorship. ‘No one was absent of all the students
of the University, the confréres of each province
assembling together, and of all the youths, number-
ing some 600, scarcely one moved during the whole
ceremony. Great admiration, common to all, held
all these youths spellbound, who else were such
unrestrained and impatient beings. From every eye
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