296 THE LIFE OF PASTEUR 



in the laboratory, every one trying day by day to penetrate fur- 

 ther into Pasteur's thoughts. His family circle had widened ; 

 his son and his daughter had married , and the two new-comers 

 had soon been initiated into past results and recent experi- 

 ments. He had, in his childhood and youth, been passionately 

 loved by his parents and sisters, and now, in his middle age, his 

 tenderness towards his wife and children was eagerly repaid by 

 the love they bore him. He made happiness around him whilst 

 he gave glory to France, 



