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Doc. 55.] SWEDENBORG TO ERICUS BENZELIUS. 249
11. In my last letter I made a mistake. I ought to have
written : Confido tibi hæc, mi frater ! ut sacerdoti, simul ut
politico; ut etiam hæc - I entrust this to you, my brother,
as to a priest and at the same time as to a diplomatist; even
as I do what is contained in this letter. Farewell, my honoured
friend and brother.
Your faithful brother and servant,
Eman. SWEDBERG .
Skålwicke, Feb. 14, 1716.
[P. S.] I am just on the point of departing.
DOCUMENT 55.
SWEDENBORG TO ERICUS BENZELIUS. *
Most honoured friend and brother,
As an opportunity presents itself by Håkan,
the journeyman printer, I herewith send to you a little work
which Pålhammar has commenced, and which he intends to
publish from time to time. It is a “ Mathematical Course,”
consisting solely of geometry, arithmetic, and algebra, of which
this is the first and easiest part. I promised to have it printed,
and I also intend to get it done at my own expense, unless
some one else will please to undertake it in my stead ; and as
it is so very useful to beginners and others, it ought certainly,
according to our expectations, to obtain a sale. Perhaps the
printer may be willing to publish it at his own expense, for
I do not care very much to act in such a covert capacity, or
in that of a bookseller or a publisher; as I do not see any
opportunity in it of doing something for my own benefit.
As the King is still on the Norwegian frontier, my journey
to Ystad has been postponed, until I see how matters turn
* Benzelius’ Collection, Vol. XL, No. 121. Compare an English translation
of this letter in Mr. White’s “New Churchman,” July, 1856, p. 75, Letter 11.
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