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The remark of the Vice-President, "He will surely 

 find the remedy for it," illustrates the confidence 

 which the people had come to place in his ability 

 to grapple with problems of disease. After return- 

 ing to Nimes to witness the final results of his 

 experiments on anthrax inoculation, he took the 

 train for Paris with the remark, "Now let us go 

 back to work." 



Further recognition of his services had been 

 planned by the Academy of Sciences which had 

 enlisted the cooperation of the Scientific Societies 

 of France, in presenting him with a medal engraved 

 by the artist Alphee Dubois. On Sunday, June 

 25, 1882, a delegation called upon Pasteur who was 

 living with his family at his home in the Ecole 

 Normale. Heading the delegation was Pasteur's 

 old teacher, Dumas, who in presenting the medal 

 spoke in the following words: "My dear Pasteur, 

 it is forty years ago when you entered as a student 

 into this building. From your first appearance 

 your masters have foreseen that you would be an 

 honor to them, but none of them dared to predict 

 the brilliant services that you were destined to 

 render to science, your country, and the world." 

 And after speaking briefly of Pasteur's discoveries, 

 Dumas continued: "My dear Pasteur, your life has 



