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the differentiation between chemists and physicists was not yet 

 marked ; and to the mind are presented names like those of Biinsen, 

 Faraday, Gay-Lussac. But of what use are these comparisons? It 

 is certain that he belongs to the stars of science of first magnitude, 

 to those whose light does not grow pale. 



Of the four great subjects which he has treated each one would 

 be sufficient for the glory of a great chemist; two of them (stereo- 

 chemistry and the theory of solutions) are among the greatest bodies 

 of theory of universal science, and one alone would be enough to 

 assure its founder a place among the greatest. Thus his glory 

 instead of becoming less can only increase, since it depends not on 

 the exceptional exterior quantities of the man but on the greatnesB 

 of the work accomplished. 



