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iologist his contributions were less eminent than those 

 of Claude Bernard, but with a larger number of 

 disciples and with unusual gift for stimulating and 

 inspiring his students, he exerted a broad influence 

 for progress. 



7. Pasteur. From all points of view there can 

 be no doubt of the rank of Pasteur (1822-1895) as 

 one of the greatest biologists of the nineteenth cen- 

 tury. He is placed here as one of the men of greatest 

 influence on the progress of zoology because zoology 

 is the central subject of biology. There is continued 

 growth in the sum total of his influence. In close 

 relation with the influence of Pasteur should be men- 

 tioned the names of Koch and Lister. 



8. Darwin. Another, whose place is unquestioned 

 hi the rank of the foremost men of zoology, is 

 Charles Darwin (1809-1882). His theory of natural 

 selection as an agent of organic evolution has had the 

 most stimulating effect upon zoological progress of 

 any scientific advance. Although his predecessor, 

 Lamarck, is accorded high place at the present day, 

 no other man connected with the idea of organic 

 evolution has exerted the wide influence of Charles 

 Darwin. 



9. Max Schultze. This investigator embraced 



