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282 SWEDENBORG’S CORRESPONDENCE. [Doc. 71 B.
In a
are they in summer ; and southerners have in this respect
nothing to boast of over us, when the year is over.
similar manner, although Sweden produces people of the
dullest kind, who are ridiculed by other nations, there are,
on the other hand, brought up in it such penetrating and
lofty minds, as surpass those of other countries, and are
able to teach them ; and yet when you take the average of
the two extremes, they may not do more than others. Ac
cording to agreement I expect you before Easter. The
works in Fahlun cannot be set in motion ye on account
of the cold, but they will no doubt begin to work in
few days. The Dean will be buried on Sunday, when my
wife and I will attend the funeral. What news is there in
Stockholm ? for since the Dean’s death no newspapers have
arrived here; and as I shall very soon leave home again, I
have not thought it worth while to order one, as this must be
done for the whole year. With many kind remembrances, I am
Your dutiful,
C. P.
Stiernsund, March 27, 1717.
DOCUMENT 71 B.
POLHEM TO SWEDENBORG .*:
Respected Assessor,
My last letter and parcel by the children have
probably arrived. As the time approaches when we are to
depart, you will please arrange your affairs accordingly. His
Majesty urges our return to Lund; yet I will first go to Carls
crona. You are, however, quite at liberty either to go down to
Lund or to remain at Carlscrona. We send our respects to you.
Your dutiful and obedient servant,
C. P.
Stiernsund, April 3, 1717.
P. S. It is not my intention that the second part of the
Nature of Mechanics should be printed this time, but only
that something should be selected, to illustrate the first part.
* Polhem’s MSS. in the Benzelius Collection at Linköping, p. 380.
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