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100 The Floral King.
his work, Flova Virginica, and Professor van Royen
solicited his aid for a new plan of the Botanical
Garden in Leyden for the spring, 1738. During
this time lay Boerhaave ill, without hope of re-
covery, suffering from dropsy. He would receive
no one except his “‘dear Swede.” When Linnzus
visited him the last time, and, in taking leave,
kissed the hand of the old sage, the tears pressed
into Boerhaave’s eyes, and his enfeebled, trembling
hand brought Linnzus’s hand to his lips in return,
saying, “I have lived my allotted time, my dear
Linnzeus, and I have worked the best I have been
able to do. Heaven preserve you for whom all this
remains. What life has demanded of me, I have
rendered, but the world expects much more from
you. Farewell, farewell, my dear Linnzus.”
Shortly afterwards he sent Linnzus, as a greeting
of love, a copy of his splendid work on Chemistry,
and not long after, the venerable Boerhaave
was carried to his grave, honoured by Holland,
and lamented by the whole learned world.
rentie
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