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245 A
TESTIMONY
OF
THE CELEBRATED MATTHIAS CLAUDIUS,
RESPECTING SWEDENBORG.
Matthias Claudius, called also Asmus, or the Messenger
of Wandsbeck, was one of the most favourite poets of the
Germans. was born in 1740, and died at Hamburgh
in 1815. His collective works, in prose and poetry,
consist of eight volumes, and were published under the
title, " Asmus omnia sua secum portans." Claudius
held Swedenborg in great respect, and wrote the following
document, which contains nothing new, or important, in
order to counteract the prejudices, which were beginning
to exist against his name. This Document was also
published in the Aurora, for November, 1800, p. 219,
and is as follows :
"I am induced (says Claudius, ) to say a few words
concerning Swedenborg, in consequence of a speech deli
vered in honour of his memory by Baron de Sandel, in an
assemblage ofthe Academy of Sciences at Stockholm.
"Many persons are only acquainted with Swedenborg
in the latter part of his life, and from his latter pub
lications. It is perhaps arising herefrom, in a great
measure, that a number of people are so hasty in pro
nouncing judgment concerning him as a man and as
an author, who would have considered him with more
attention, and not so slightly, had they been acquainted
with his life and his writings previous to his abandoning
his former pursuits ; at least one might have expected
that such a character as Mr. Polyhister, * or his editor,
* A certain person who appears to have passed hasty censures
upon Swedenborg and his writings.
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