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ported and often moved to tears. From that time 

 your talent as professor, your immortal works, your 

 noble character, have inspired me with an admira- 

 tion which has only grown with the maturity of my 

 mind. You have been able to divine my senti- 

 ments, my dear master. There is not a single im- 

 portant circumstance of my life or of that of my 

 family, happy or painful, which you have not in 

 some way blessed with your presence. To-day 

 again you take the first place in the expression of 

 the testimony, which I consider very excessive, of 

 the esteem of my masters, who have become my 

 friends. 



"And what you have done for me, you have done 

 for all your pupils. It is one of the distinctive 

 traits of your nature. Beyond the individuals you 

 have always considered France and her greatness. 



"What shall I do henceforth? Until the present 

 great praise inflamed my ardor and inspired me 

 with the idea of making myself worthy by new 

 efforts; but that which you have come to address 

 to me in the name of the Academy and the Scien- 

 tific Societies is in truth beyond my courage." 

 Pasteur had received the honor which he had 

 valued most, — praise from his scientific colleagues 

 and especially from his esteemed teacher. 



