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Legion d'Honneur, was created a Commander of the 

 Order of the Crown of Wiirtemberg, and received other 

 distinctions. 



Three years after the succession of Charles X., Cuvier 

 refused the odious office of press censor, but accepted 

 the position of administrator of the non-catholic religions 

 in France. 



Cuvier formed a most extensive library, and permitted 

 naturalists of all nations to work in it. The spirit of 

 jealousy was entirely foreign to his nature. He rejoiced 

 in the discoveries and work of others. " The man who has 

 made a permanent addition to our knowledge of facts 

 has rendered an imperishable service to science," said 

 Cuvier. After his death his library was purchased by 

 the French Government, and it now belongs to the 

 Jardin des Plantes ; and the vestibule of the library 

 of St Genevieve contains a fine bust of Cuvier. 



In 1828 Cuvier, in collaboration with Valenciennes, 

 commenced the famous Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, 

 which, however, was not completed until after his death. 



In 1830, or the year that saw the abdication of 

 Charles X. (the last of the Bourbon dynasty in France), 

 la petite revolution de trois jours, and the election of 

 Louis Philippe to the throne by the title of King of the 

 French (not as the King of France), Cuvier was in 

 London when the petite revolution was consummated, 

 and remained there two weeks. In 1832 he was created 



