CHEVREUL AT A HUNDRED. 



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missioned to pay their respects to M. Chevreul, were introduced to 

 him : M. Van Beneden, from Belgium ; M. Broch, from Norway ; 

 M. Bosscha, from the Netherlands ; and M. Govi, from Italy. A 

 congratulatory telegram, expressing a warm wish for health, vigor, 

 and force, "to that remarkable patriarch of the world," was read 

 from the University of Kazan, in Russia. 



M. Pasteur, who was absent in the Jura, sent his compliments to 

 the veteran, who, he said, while he modestly called himself the dean 

 of students, ought to be styled the master of masters. 



The Academy of Sciences of Berlin sent a congratulatory com- 

 munication which, after reference severally to the more important 

 results of M. Chevreul's principal researches, concluded : " Having 

 thus represented in all its extent the activity that you have shown 

 throughout your long life, we hold that your name should be inscribed 

 in one of the first places on the list of the great men who have carried 

 the scientific glory of France to the extremities of the earth." 



In the evening M. Chevreul attended the opera, to witness a spe- 

 cial performance in his honor. 



The anniversary day itself was signalized by the unveiling, amid 

 considerable pomp and ceremony, of a statue of M. Chevreul by M. 

 Guillaume, in the hall of the new museum at the Jardin des Plantes. 

 M. Chevreul entered the room leaning upon the arms of M. Bourlois, 

 aged ninety-four, an old soldier of the empire, and of M. Fremy, the 

 director of the museum. M. Fremy delivered the presentation ad- 

 dress, a glowing eulogy of M. Chevreul's work. M. Zeller, President of 

 the Five Academies, followed him, and expressed his satisfaction that 

 in that magnificent hall, in which so many friends and foreigners had 

 met, the French " Grand Old Man," who had modestly called himself 

 the decanus of the French students, had been promoted by accla- 

 mation as the decanus of the students and savants of the universities 

 and academies of the whole civilized world. M. Goblet, Minister of 

 Public Instruction, spoke next, and, after referring to the fitness of the 

 place for the statue, said M. Chevreul's life " has been one of inces- 

 sant labor. He has loved work for its own sake, with a conscientious 

 and disinterested affection ; and by a just return he has obtained 

 from it all the satisfaction which it could give — health, peace of mind, 

 honor, and the delight of making great discoveries." 



M. Janssen delivered the formal address of the Academy at the 

 Odeon. He said, "It belongs to the Academy to tell you that if 

 Science to-day lifts you upon that beautiful pedestal, it is because you 

 have constantly loved her for herself, and have never thought of 

 making of her a stepping-stone for your own advantage." 



In the evening M. Chevreul attended a banquet which was given 

 in his honor at the H6tel-de-Ville. 



Various testimonials were presented to the centenarian during 

 the days of the festivities. Among them was a volume published 



