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422 [Doc. 152.
SWEDENBORG’S OFFICIAL LIFE.
that I have no intention whatever to change that process
which experience has so long been elaborating, and upon
which it has ultimately settled -as has been attempted by
some foreigners, who were necessarily unsuccessful, because
they did not base their experiments upon the fundamental
laws and customs of the usual process, as those best adapted
to the nature and kind of ore : my only object having
been by a more careful study of the nature of fire, of
the blast, the furnaces, and the ore, to save that portion of
the copper which usually passes off with the smoke and in
the scoria ; and at the same time to furnish thereby more
reliable rules, than those heretofore known. Moreover, to
remove all just cause for the manifestation of symptoms of
distaste and objection, I did not wish to shield myself from
responsibility, in case any misfortune or loss might happen ;
for the same reason also I desired to receive from the public
the increase in the production of copper for the first year,
without becoming in any sense a burden to the mining district
of Fahlun.
2. With regard to the second point
, the Board of Mines
a proof of their argument, that if the most suitable
place and the smelters were left to he selected by me in
instituting my trial, that, should it prove successful, the in
crease in the yield could not be computed for all the mine
owners in proportion, as some have not the advantage of
a suitable place and able smelters: but my reply is, that
I reserved for myself this selection, so that no unfit work
men , and no unsuitable place, might be offered to, or forced
upon, me. For with regard to the workmen, I cannot
with any show of justice be compelled, and it is even an
impossibility, to accommodate myself to the comprehension
and capacity of every one, or to provide them all with the
same degree of understanding, or finally to let the computa
tion of my compensation depend upon their inclination, their
will, and their capacity. On the contrary, I hold that I have
fulfilled my duty after having placed before their eyes the
thing desired, and after having instructed as far as practicable,
the ablest among them .
That there is a great difference in the situation of the
offer as
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