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DOCUMENT 98.
SWEDENBORG TO BENZELIUS. *
To Assessor Eman. Swedenborg.
Dearest brother,
I wish very much that the " Historie der Ge
lehrsamkeit ” + (i. e. the History of Learning), might arrive,
so that we may see her with our own eyes; because she her.
self desires to go about with a mask before the face, and
thus raises our suspicions****
I am , my dear brother’s
Most faithful servant and brother,
E. BENZELIUS.
Upsal
, December 11, 1722.

* This fragment of Benzelius’ letter to Swedenborg is contained in
Vol. XVI of the Bergius Collection of letters in the Library of the Aca
demy of Sciences in Stockholm , p. 289.
+ The full title of this work is " Historie der Gelehrsamkeit unserer
Zeiten,” Leipzig, 1722. In part 4, p. 320, of this work Swedenborg’s
theory, that large rocks were shifted about in the aboriginal ocean was
attacked, and as this "Historie” was published anonymously, and no list
of contributors was given, Swedenborg, after explaining his theory and
answering the objection in the Acta Literaria Sueciæ , Vol. I, p. 353-356,
declares that he would never enter into the list against any antagonist
who attacked others anonymously, and thus under a mask.

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