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206 SWEDENBORG’S CORRESPONDENCE. [Doc. 39.
to all this, I must confess that I scruple more and more to
accept any payment for board and instruction, because I do
not consider myself capable of giving all the satisfaction
that may be desired and expected.
I thank you very much for the last great pleasure I
enjoyed at your house, and wish that I may have the honour
and joy of seeing you at my humble dwelling; which would,
indeed, be more than a pleasure to me. Meanwhile I desire
to be remembered most kindly to your dear family, and remain
Your most obedient servant,
CHRISTOPHER POLHAMMAR.14
Stiernsund,* July 16, 1710.
DOCUMENT 39.
SWEDENBORG TO ERICUS BENZELIUS.
Dearest Brother,
One letter to you would scarcely be a sufficient
apology from me, who so often missed you and your kind offices,
at the time I was leaving for London. Further, I have not up to
the present day answered your last letter, which was so full
of kindness. I wish I might be allowed to cover my negligence
with the veil and name of indolence and imprudence, and that
I might thus make you feel for me as you did before. But
I believe, dear brother, that I can satisfy you by taking all
the blame upon myself, and thus anticipating your reproaches.I
The idea of a journey to Polhammar," the Machaon of our
14
age, I have not altogether renounced, but have only postponed
till the time when, with the help of God, I shall again return
* An iron -work in Dalecarlia, where a mechanical institute had been
established by Polbem at the expense of the King.
+ The original of this letter in the Latin language is contained in the
Benzelius Collection, Vol. III, No. 125.
# It appears from this as if Swedenborg had undertaken his journey
abroad against the desire of Ericus Benzelius.
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