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162 The Floral King.
if we wish to call Him Nature, we neither commit
any fault, because from Him everything has
originated ; if we wish to call Him Providence we
also speak rightly, for everything obeys His will and
guidance. He is entirely Sense (Sensus) ; entirely
Sight ; entirely Hearing ; He is Soul (Anima); He
is Spirit (Animus); and He alone is self-sufficient !
No human guess can comprehend His form; it is
enough that He is an eternal and infinite, divine
Being, who is neither created nor born; a Being
without whom nothing exists, that is made, a Being
who has founded and built all this, who everywhere
shimmers before our eyes, without our being able
to see Him, and who can only be beheld by our
thoughts, for such a great Majesty sits upon such a
sacred throne, that there no one is admitted but
the soul.”
The Botanical garden at Upsala, founded by Olof
Rudbeck, senior, was perfected by Linnzus to such
an extent, that it could vie with the finest gardens
in the world, and no doubt surpassed them as
regards scientific value. Burser, who wrote and
published a description of Upsala in 1773, remarks,
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