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244 EDENBO
SWEDENBORG’S CORRESPONDENCE. [Doc. 52.
if he continues as he has begun, he will, in course of time,
be able to be of greater use to the King and to his country
in this than in any thing else. For last summer, when I was
at Carlscrona,* I found that by the aid of mechanics a great
service may be rendered to the establishment there in several
respects, so that annually several hundred thousand dalers may
be saved to His Majesty; provided, when opportunity offer,
everything there is differently arranged, and done in a different
fashion from what it is now. Moreover, something advantageous
may now be entered into in the setting up of manufactures,
as the new custom’s regulations are so framed that manu
factures are thereby encouraged. For my own part I find matters
so different now, that whereas I was formerly induced by ex
perience to consider all those insane and fools who com
menced any manufacture in Sweden, I should now, if I had ten
sons, willingly see them engaged in this kind of industry ; in
fact if we get peace, and if our King come safely back again,
he will perhaps gain more for his country during peace, than
he has lost for it by war : for no kingdom in Europe combines
so many and so great advantages, when properly managed, for
the acquirement of wealth, so that we may already hope that
things will turn out well, if we can only obtain precious peace,
and have our gracious King back again in his proper place.
If I can be of use in any way to Mr. Swedberg, I will
be so with the greater pleasure, because I may thereby do
some good and acquire some honour for our country — for it
would be a matter of rejoicing if some young and zealous
natures could be found, which are not so much engrossed and
taken up with the present condition of things, as to allow
themselves to be withdrawn thereby from interesting and at
the same time useful designs and studies. I read through
Mr. Swedberg’s first draught of the ear-trumpet; but I did
so while engaged upon, and prevented by, other matters, so
that I had not time to examine it as carefully as I could have
wished ; but I have no doubt it is correct in all its parts. It
would be my greatest delight and pleasure, if he could confer
personally with me about these things; he would be always
* The Swedish naval station.
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