684 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



tunity I shall write my thanks to him per- 

 sonally. 



How is Dr. Hermann Hagen pleased with 

 his new position? I think the presence of 

 this superior entomologist will exert a power- 

 ful and important influence upon the develop- 

 ment of entomology in North America. . . . 



from professor g. p. deshayes. 



Museum of Natural History, > 

 Paris, February 4, 1870. > 



Your letter was truly an event, my dear 

 friend, not only for me but for our Museum. 

 . . . How happy you are, and how enviable 

 has been your scientific career, since you have 

 had your home in free America ! The founder 

 of a magnificent institution, to which your glo- 

 rious name will forever remain attached, you 

 have the means of carrying out whatever un- 

 dertaking commends itself to you as useful. 

 Men and things, following the current that 

 sets toward you, are drawn to your side. You 

 desire, and you see your desires carried out. 

 You are the sovereign leader of the scientific 

 movement around you, of which you yourself 

 have been the first promoter. 



What would our old Museum not have 

 gained in having at its head a man like you ! 



