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BIOLOGY AND ITS MAKERS 



so that he was called to occupy prominent offices under the 

 government, and he came ultimately to be the head of the 

 group of scientific men into which he had been welcomed as 

 a young man from the provinces. 



His Physiognomy. It is very interesting to note in his 

 portraits the change in his physiognomy accompanying his 

 transformation from a young man of provincial appearance 



FIG. 41. CUVIER AS A YOUNG MAN, 1769-1832. 



into an elegant personage. Fig. 41 shows his portrait in the 

 early days when he was less mindful of his personal appear- 

 ance. It is the face of an eager, strong, young man, still re- 

 taining traces of his provincial life. His long, light-colored 

 hair is unkempt, but does not hide the magnificent propor- 

 tions of his head. Fig. 42 shows the growing refinement of 

 features which came with his advancement, and the aristo- 

 cratic look of supremacy which set upon his countenance after 



