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of knowledge imbued with the charms of never-ending 

 freshness ; none is more calculated to awaken the talent 

 for observation, or to sharpen the intellect in the strict 

 method of applying proof for the establishment of a 

 truth, or in the inquiry into the cause and effect of a 

 phenomenon." 



Concerning his great labours in the domain of agri- 

 culture, he says : " Does not chemistry promise that 

 instead of seven grains we shall be enabled to raise eight 

 or more on the same soil ? " 



Great men work not only by their deeds, but also by 

 their personal lives. Liebig laboured by the influence of 

 his own example to destroy a prejudice which restrained 

 most agriculturalists from devoting themselves to the 

 study of scientific farming. 



In 1845 the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt con- 

 ferred upon him the title of baron, and in 1852, as already 

 stated, he was appointed to the chair of chemistry in the 

 University of Munich. 



His researches were not only confined to scientific 

 agriculture, but physiology, pathology, and organic 

 chemistry owe much to his indefatigability. His influ- 

 ence in chemistry was great being one of the world's 

 most famous chemists and to his numerous pupils he 

 was their " guide, philosopher, and friend." He satirized 

 the work of other leading men, as the following remark 

 bears evidence. In 1867 Liebig being asked by Dumas 



