The Hermit of Serignan 



scholar and scientist the features and the 

 manners of a peasant. Let us rather rejoice 

 to see that our eminent fellow-countryman 

 has never renounced the simplicity of his 

 origins, and take pleasure in noting how 

 closely the hermit of Serignan resembles the 

 urchin of Malaval. 



We have attempted to show the hermit 

 of Serignan in his own setting, as he really 

 is. It remains for us to see how he glorifies 

 his solitude and ennobles his rustic life; how 

 the poor, simple peasant whom he has al- 

 ways been has done more for science than 

 the most elegantly dressed and profusely dec- 

 orated savants. 



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