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Doc. 85.] 311
SWEDENBORG TO BENZELIUS.
it anew .*
Besides this, I have improved the little treatise which was
published at Upsal, about the High Water in primeval
times, and I have added a number of clear proofs, together
with an undeniable demonstration how stones were moved
in a deep ocean; I have also adduced arguments to show how
the northern horizon was changed, and that it is reasonable
to suppose that Sweden in the primeval ages was an island ;
this I have handed in to the Censor of books, so as to publish
There is also quite a number of smaller papers.
The deep study by which I have endeavoured to compass
these subjects, has caused me to look with contempt upon every
thing I have heretofore published ; I intend to improve them
very much when they are to be translated.
Vice-President Hjärne 53 showed me a letter from an
anonymous writer at Upsal, which reports that our dear father’s
reply to him is in the press, in which he (Hjärne) is said to
be assailed in unmeasured terms, and which the letter character
ised as a mean work (fædum opus). The Vice-President is very
much incensed at this, and is ready to lay a wager of ten to
one, that you and I are at the bottom of it ; although it is
merely a defensive work. I wish you would smooth the old
gentleman down as much as you can. With much love, I
remain
Your most faithful servant,
EMAN. SWEDENBORG .
Stockholm, November 3, 1719.
* Of this little work which bears the title: Om Watnens högd och förra
werldens starcka Ebb och Flod. Bewis utur Swerige (Respecting the great
depth of water, and the strong tides in the primeval world; proofs from
Sweden), two editions were published by Swedenborg, both bearing the date
of March 17, 1719, but in the first the author signs himself Em. Swedberg,
and in the second Em. Swedenborg. A very favourable opinion respecting
this little work was given by the great Swedish chemist, Benzelius, before
the Scandinavian Scientific Association of 1842. It will be found on pages
46 and 47 of the printed Report.
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