380 LAMARCK, HIS LIFE AND WORK 
3. To love of wisdom. 
Wisdom, according to Lamarck, consists in the 
observance of a certain number of rules or virtues. 
These we cite in a slightly abridged form. 
Love of truth in all things; the need of improving 
one’s mind; moderation in desires; decorum in all 
actions; a wise reserve in unessential wants; indul- 
gence, toleration, humanity, good will towards all 
men; love of the public good and of all that is neces- 
sary to our fellows; contempt for weakness; a kind 
of severity towards one’s self which preserves us 
from that multitude of artificial wants enslaving 
those who give up to them; resignation and, if pos- 
sible, moral impassibility in suffering reverses, in- 
justices, oppression, and losses; respect for order, 
for public institutions, civil authorities, laws, moral- 
ity, and religion. 
The practice of these maxims and.’ virtues; says 
Lamarck, characterizes true philosophy. 
And it may be added that no one practised these 
virtues more than Lamarck. Like Cuvier’s, his life 
was blameless, and though he lived a most retired 
life, and was not called upon to fill any public station 
other than his chair of zodlogy at the Jardin des 
Plantes, we may feel sure that he had the qualities 
of courage, independence, and patriotism which 
would have rendered such a career most useful to 
his country. 
As Bourguin eloquently asserts: ‘“ Lamarck was 
the brave man who never deserted a dangerous post, 
the laborious man who never hesitated to meet any 
difficulty, the investigating spirit, firm in his convic- 
