744 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS. 



in a chair provided with wheels. On this he was moved around the 

 pier, past the vessels whi(;h he had built for research, and through the 

 laboratory, where many men \Nere 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 

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

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



