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markable audience could ever forget the sight of 

 these two men. The Academy of Medicine, the 

 scene of so many controversies, paid its homage 

 through its Dean, who said, "More fortunate than 

 Harvey and Jenner, you have lived to see the tri- 

 umph of your doctrines, and what a triumph!" 



Gifts, expressive of the admiration and esteem 

 of several organizations, were presented to Pasteur 

 on that occasion, but one which perhaps touched 

 him most was an album containing the signatures 

 of all the inhabitants of his native village of Dole, 

 a photograph of the house in which he was born, 

 and a facsimile of his birth certificate at the end 

 of which was the signature of his father. One 

 wishes that the old soldier, who sacrificed so much 

 in his ambition for his son's success, might have 

 been brought back to life and given a seat of honor 

 on the platform during the impressive celebration 

 of that day. 



Pasteur, whose voice was weakened by his broken 

 health, had his address read by his son. After 

 expressing his appreciation for the honors con- 

 ferred upon him, he said, in addressing the foreign 

 delegates, "You who have come from so far to give 

 a proof of sympathy to France, you bring me the 

 deepest joy that a man can experience, who believes 



