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DOCUMENT 288.
INFORMATION COLLECTED BY A SWEDISH
BIOGRAPHER OF SWEDENBORG. *
1. "Swedenborg’s recreation from his serious labours
consisted in his taking care of his garden ; and there with his
pious child-like mind he especially attached himself to Flora’s
variegated and beautifully coloured children; and I had occasion
to see one of Swedenborg’s almanacs for the year 1750, where
with the same preciseness, as if it had been the beginning or
close of some profound treatise, he marked down, when he had
planted an auricula or a pink, the time when they bloomed, how
much seed he had gathered of them, and so forth" (p. 124).
2. "According to the custom of his times , Swedenborg
wore the customary wig on his head, yet it was not too long ;
the rest of his body was usually covered by a long light-blue
or greyish velvet coat, with an under-garment of black taffeta,
and stockings and shoes with large buckles of gold. He was
well received in every society ; for he was fond of talking,
and spoke well and wittily, without introducing any of his
peculiar ideas, which he would never force on any one. He
conversed much on scientific and political subjects, and was
especially much interested in the proceedings of the Diet of
his country, even after he had ceased to take any part in them,
and his judgment in these matters was always sure, quick, and
to the point" (p. 149).
* The life of Swedenborg, from which the above information was collected,
appeared in a biographical journal (Biographisk Tidskrift), which was pub
lished in Upsal in 1820, under the title, " Samtidens Märkvärdigaste Per
soner" (Themostcelebrated persons ofmodern times). Swedenborg’s biography,
which, as the author states, is partly based on oral communications, extends
from page 118 to 154.
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