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A.
THE "BERLINISCHE MONATSSCHRIFT" FOR 1783
ON SWEDENBORG.
I.
LETTER OF A DISTINGUISHED CHEVALIER TO THE EDITORS.
....
"In the year 1771 a certain gentleman,
a zealous defender of the opinions contained in the works of
Swedenborg, lent me an epitome of his works in four volumes
translated into German In the preface to this epitome
of Swedenborg’s voluminous works, I found among other things
the relation of one of his miracles, which was as follows : The
late Queen Louisa Ulrica commissioned Swedenborg once to
ask her late brother, the Crown-Prince of Prussia, why he
did not answer a certain letter of hers. After twenty-four
hours Swedenborg is said to have told the Queen the answer
of the Prince in such a manner that she, who was thoroughly
convinced that no one except herself and her late brother
knew the contents of that letter, was in great consternation,
and acknowledged the supernatural power of that great man.
"Facts if they are based on the testimony of living wit
nesses , as in the present case, cannot be gainsaid without
proofs to the contrary. I, therefore, read this miracle attri
buted to Swedenborg, kept silence, and a short time afterwards
travelled to Stockholm.
"Here I heard very little about that great man. At least
what I heard concerning him consisted mostly of short anec
dotes and wonderful stories, which were quoted for sport, and
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