270 LOUIS PASTEUR. 



indemnity of five milliards of francs paid by France to 

 Germany.' His investigations of contagious diseases 

 have revealed immense possibilities in prophylaxy. 

 But Pasteur considered these marvellous discoveries 

 as a mere beginning. ' You will see,' he often said, 

 ' how it will all grow by-and-by. Would that my 

 time were longer ! ' 



