swedenborg was as eminent a scientist as religionist, and to him was first intrusted the engineering of the Gotha Canal; but his visionary peculiarities growing upon him it was found necessary to substitute a more practical individual, so that the great work was eventually completed by Sweden's most famous engineer and mechanician, Kristofer Polhem.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Many persons called swedenborg insane.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
Emerson had also praised this physician, who was an authority on Blake and swedenborg.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell