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INTRODUCTION :
From the year 1719 Swedenborg was entitled to a seat
in the House of Nobles, by virtue of his being the eldest
representative of the Swedenborg family, all the members
of which had been ennobled by Queen Ulrica Eleonora in
that year.
Respecting his character and influence as a member of
the Swedish Diet, the author of "Nya Kyrkan och dess in
flytande på Theologiens Studium i Sverige” (The New Church
and its influence on the study of theology in Sweden ), part II,
p. 48, makes the following statement: "Up to the time of
his extreme old age he interested himself in the financial, ad
ministrative, and political affairs of his country, as well be
tween, as during, the sessions of the Swedish Diet. A con
siderable number of papers on these subjects, partly preserved
to the present day, bears witness to his activity as the head
of his family, and shows how great an interest he had in the
debates that took place in the House of Nobles. As at one
time, an ill-informed religious zeal attempted to present
Swedenborg as an apostate from the Evangelical Church, so
a no less misinformed political zeal sought to fasten upon him
the suspicion of his being a partizan, and of being influenced
by an exaggerated love of opposition. Both these charges
are without foundation, and he can be justified as well in
regard to the one as the other. As a member of the House of
Nobles, Swedenborg belonged neither to the party of the
"hats," nor to that of the “ caps " in those times, but was
an independent member, supporting whatever he saw
be worthy of his own position, and to be right and gene
rally useful, without allowing himself to be influenced either
by the right or the left side. He, like every true friend of
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