744 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. 



ill a chair provided with wheels. On this lie was moved aronud the 

 jiier, past the vessels which he had built for research, aud through the 

 laboratory, where many men were at work at their biologic investiga- 

 tions. For every one he had a word of good cheer, though he knew 

 it was the last. At the same time, along the pier and through the 

 laboratory, a little child was wheeled. " We are rivals," he said, " but 

 I think that I am the bigger baby." In this supreme hour he was 

 playing with a child. Then he was carried to his chamber, where he 

 soon became insensible, and remained so until he was no more. 

 " Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." 



