776 LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



ous for him. There were moments when this 

 became apparent, and he himself felt the dan- 

 ger. He persevered, nevertheless, to the end 

 of the summer, and only left Penikese when 

 the school broke up. 



In order to keep the story of this final ef- 

 fort unbroken, some events of great interest 

 to Agassiz and of importance to the Museum 

 have been omitted. In the spring the Mu- 

 seum had received a grant of $25,000 from 

 the Legislature. To this was added $100- 

 000, a birthday gift to Agassiz in behalf of 

 the institution he so much loved. This last 

 sum was controlled by no official body and 

 was to be expended at his own good will and 

 pleasure, either in collections, publications, or 

 scientific assistance, as seemed to him best. 

 He therefore looked forward to a year of 

 greater ease and efficiency in scientific work 

 than he had ever enjoyed before. On return- 

 ing from Penikese, full of the new possibili- 

 ties thus opened to him, he allowed himself a 

 short rest, partly at the sea-shore, partly in 

 the mountains, and was again at his post in 

 the Museum in October. 



His last course of lectures there was on one 

 of his favorite topics, the type of Radiates 

 as connected with the physical history of the 



