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The Floral King. 197
for what would be puerile boasts, in the diary of any
common mind, only bespeak the childish simplicity
and frankness of the man of genius, such as Linnzus.
“Here I have written my own panygeric,” he
writes to Bishop Menander, when he sent him his
diary, by the aid of which he was to write a
biography of Linnzus: “T should never have
shown it to anyone in the world, if not to the only
one of my friends who has ever remained unchang-
able in his friendship from the time I found myself
in less fortunate circumstances. If you, my dear
friend, should think it meet to make any extracts
from it, it would attract attention when it comes
from such a pen as yours. I really feel ashamed to
show it to you, and should never have done so if I
had not been convinced of your friendship, and
unchangeable affection. Dear friend, remould it
any way you please, since it is only intended -to
represent facts.”
These annotations were thus never, in their
original form, intended to be read by anyone else,
much less by the public. Besides they bear testimony
to his humility, and express a joyful consciousness
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