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232 The Floral King.
The Swedish government has tried to console
itself by buying the estate of Hammarby, and
maintaining it at its expense, as a national property,
thereby honouring the name and memory of the
great son of Sweden, but it is like treasuring the
empty casket when the jewel is gone, which might
not have passed into strange hands. Sir Hans
Sloane had also stipulated in his will that his
collection should be offered to many British and
foreign Universities and Societies for sale, but
England, ever to the fore when the question con-
cerns a great national honour and benefit, secured
Sir Hans Sloane’s collections, and built for them
the British Museum !
The cause of the different fate which befel the
two grand collections of the two respective countries,
is to be found in that national trait of petty jealousy
which has thwarted so many brilliant aims by
eminent Swedes, of which the history of that
country affords abundant proofs, past and present.
That Linnzus dearly loved all the members of
his family is not denied, even by those who would
insinuate that he had been led to commit an in-
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