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Excerpt from Times of Gustaf Adolf
E was born in one of the smaller towns of East Bothnia, on the 15th of August, 1769 the same day as Napoleon. I remember. The day also from the fact that the Surgeon was accustomed to celebrate it with a little social party, to which he always invited two or three Of his old cousins (he called all his Old aunts and two or three of his brothers (he called everyone brother who called him uncle). These people collected in his garret, and were treated with cakes and coffee. The apartment was necessarily rather dark, being lighted from the Outside only through two dormer windows; but it was a large one, which was fortunate, as, besides the two or three cousins and the two or three brothers, the parties were at tended by a dozen children - boisterous boys and chattering girls, who made a great deal of noise and tumbled everything about in disorder. For the Surgeon had an indescribable fondness for children, and allowed us to do as we liked, although our noise Often deafened the Older and more sedate guests. But we must return to the Surgeon's birthday - which is the first point in his claim to our interest; and he had more such points than have most people. The fact that the Surgeon was born on the same day as Napoleon not only constituted the (5)
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