278 LOUIS AGASSIZ. [CHAP. XL 



sufficient number of sentences and words to allow him 

 to attempt public speaking, as we shall presently see. 

 However, it was too late in life for him to become a 

 complete master of the English language, as he was of 

 the German. He never spoke correct English, and he 

 always retained a strong French accent, which was not 

 without some charm to his listeners. 



