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eigners, especially Germans, who were there in 

 considerable numbers, much greater than those of 

 the French, of which the total did not reach 250. 

 Jean-Baptist and Rene were in the hall. You can 

 judge of their emotion. 



"After the meeting, lunch with Sir James Paget, 

 with the Prince of Prussia on his right, the Prince 

 of Wales on his left. Afterwards, an assemblage 

 of twenty-five or thirty guests in the salon. Sir 

 James presented me to the Prince of Wales, to 

 whom I bowed saying that I was happy to greet 

 a friend of France. 'Yes,' he replied, 'a great 

 friend.' Sir James Paget had the good taste not 

 to ask me to be presented to the Prince of Prussia; 

 although there was no place under such circum- 

 stances for anything but courtesy, I could not 

 bring myself to appear to have requested such an 

 introduction. But who should approach but the 

 Prince himself, saying, 'M. Pasteur, permit me to 

 present myself to you and to say that I have just 

 been applauding you'; the rest of his conversation 

 was very cordial." 



Invited to give a lecture before the general meet- 

 ing of the Congress, Pasteur described his experi- 

 ments with attenuated virus and paid a tribute to 

 the English physician, Doctor Jenner, the great 



