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Doc. 162.] SWEDENBORG TO THE COLLEGE OF MINES. 451
the Royal College, and employ my time in elaborating a use
ful work, which will be a continuation of the previous one,
published three years ago. I presume the Royal College
understands fully, that in this matter I have no other object
and no other end in view , but simply to elaborate the
above-mentioned work , and the Royal College probably
entertains so much the less doubt on this subject, because I
have the good fortune of having been known in the Royal
College for so many years ; moreover, the former work may serve
as a proof of what I accomplished during that journey, from
which I had nothing but trouble and expense, and the only
pleasure which I experienced being that which I felt when the
work was brought to a close. In order that the business at
the Royal College may be in no wise interfered with during
my absence, and that no inconvenience may arise therefrom
I leave half of my salary at the disposal of those who per
form the service. I hope that the Royal College will allow
me to retain the other half, in consideration partly of the
well-intentioned and useful design I have in view, and partly
because I have been an Assessor in the Royal College for
twenty years. It will both cheer me on and be an assistance
in my proposed undertaking, which will be sufficiently ex
pensive.
EM. SWEDENBORG.
Stockholm, May 26, 1738.
[The resolution at which the Royal College had arrived
was communicated to the King in the following memorial :]
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