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TESTIMONY OF GENERAL TUXEN. 57
The above testimony must surely be allowed to carry
the greatest weight, both as it refers to the character of
Swedenborg himself and of his writings. On the former
subject, the assertions of a person of such rank and
knowledge of the world, and founded on a forty-two
years’ intimacy, are beyond all exception ; and on the
latter, the opinion of a man of such intelligence, and
such evident prudence and caution, is entitled to the
highest respect.
TESTIMONY
OF
GENERAL CHRISTIAN TUXEN,
RESPECTING
SWEDENBORG .
Connected with the last testimony is that of General
Christian Tuxen, to whom Count Hôpken’s letters were
addressed. This gentleman, being the king of Denmark’s
Commissioner of War at Elsineur, at which port the
vessels in which Swedenborg was proceeding on his
voyages frequently stopped in their passage through the
Sound, repeatedly obtained the company of the illus
trious stranger at his house. In a letter to Mr. Nor
denskjold, dated from Elsineur, May 4th, 1790, and
printed in the New Jerusalem Magazine, he details
many particulars of these interviews : and the result was,
that he was so completely satisfied with his " valuable
guest," that he calls him, at the close of his letter, "our
late benefactor, and in truth not only ours, but that of all
mankind, if they are seriously solicitous about their state
after death. For my part," he adds, " I thank our Lord
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