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joy of his country, dividing his life between the 

 severe pleasures of scientific research and the sweet 

 intercourse of family life, passing from his labora- 

 tory to his fireside, finding among his dear ones 

 who knew him and who therefore loved him, the 

 encouragement in daily work and comfort at all 

 times, without which so many troubles would per- 

 haps have diminished his ardor, checked his per- 

 severance and enervated his genius. May France 

 possess you for many years to come and show you 

 to the world as a worthy recipient of her love, her 

 gratitude, and her pride!" 



A large engraved golden medal was then pre- 

 sented to Pasteur, and after a few words from 

 M. Daubree, a former colleague of Pasteur's at 

 Strasbourg, an address was made by Lord Lister, 

 who was chosen with peculiar appropriateness as 

 the representative of the Royal Societies of London 

 and Edinburgh. "M. Pasteur," he said, "the great 

 honor has been accorded me of bringing you the 

 homage of the sciences of medicine and surgery. 

 As a matter of fact, there is no one living in the 

 entire world to whom the medical sciences owe so 

 much as they do to you. Your researches in regard 

 to fermentation have shed a powerful light that has 

 illumined the fatal darkness of surgery and changed 



