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himself and for the progress of natural history, that 

 he did not enjoy that privilege. 



It is useless to express regret as we see him burying 

 himself in such a remote place ; for wherever Agas- 

 siz went he carried with him the torch of science, and 

 obliged all the scientific world to look at him and give 

 close attention to what he said and did. 



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