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114 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG..
had held a long disputation with him.’ What will this
learned professor say, when he comes to hear of it ?
Probaby he will say, that the old man is in his second
childhood ; he will only laugh at it, and who can be sur
prised ? I have often wondered at myself, how I could
refrain from laughing, when I was hearing such extraor
dinary things from him. And what is more, I have often
heard him relate the same things in a numerous com
pany of ladies and gentlemen, when I well knew that
there were mockers amongst them; but, to my great
astonishment, not a single person even thought of laugh
ing. Whilst he is speaking, it is as though every person
who hears him were charmed, and compelled to believe
him. He is by no means reserved and recluse, but open
hearted, and accessible to all. Whoever invites him as
his guest, may expect to see him. A certain young gen
tleman invited him last week to be his guest, and although
he was not acquainted with him, he appeared at his table,
where he met Jewish and Portuguese gentlemen, with
whom he freely conversed, without distinction . Who
ever is curious to see him has no difficulty ; it is only
necessary to go to his house, and he allows any body to
approach him. It can easily be conceived, however, that
the numerous visits, to which he is liable, deprive him of
much time.-I am, &c.,
“ D. P. âb Indagine."
With respect to the work above mentioned, entitled
" Universal Theology of the True Christian Religion,
&c.," which was the last that Swedenborg himself super
intended through the press, it may be proper here to
observe, that it was Swedenborg’s intention to have this
work printed and published at Paris, whither he went,
in 1769, for that purpose. When he arrived, it was
necessary, according to the laws which then regulated the
press in France, to submit the work first to the censor
royal to receive permission to print it ; as, however, per
mission could not be given without saying in the title
page, that it was printed either at Amsterdam or London,
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