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268- A History of Sweden
and attractive positions were offered him. He was,
however, happy in his little university city, and could
not be lured away. When he looked back upon his life’s
course, it was with gratitude to God, who "had led him
by His all-powerful hand."
But even a flower king must wither like the flowers.
On January 10th, 1778, his spirit took its flight. On
his writing table there was afterwards found a paper
with one word written on it, only one, and with a trem-
bling hand. It was "Stenbrohult," his happy child-
hood’s home. Linn#us was a genius with a child’s heart.
CHAPTER XV
REIGN OF ADOLPH FREDERICK, 1751-1771
A. ATTEMPTED COUP D’ STAT BY THE COURT
The Ambition of the Queen. In the year 1751 Fred-
erick I passed away without leaving any perceptible
vacancy behind him. People generally had almost for-
gotten that there was a king. The new king, Adolph
Frederick, was a kind, honorable gentleman, whose
greatest delight was in fleeing from the world’s din to
his dear turning lathe. He would have been well satis-
fied with the scant power the constitution accorded
the king had it not been for his wife. Queen Louise
Ulrica reminds one very much of her brother, Fred-
erick II of Prussia, called the Great She was deter-
mined to make her fine talents felt in the affairs of
government. Through her amiability, the royal pair
secured a group of adherents who were ready to ven-
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