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half century have yielded rich harvests of new 

 truths and are models of exact and refined re- 

 search. Medicine, surgery, and hygiene have 

 all been powerfully affected by M. Pasteur's 

 work which has culminated in his method of 

 treating hydrophobia. I cannot conceive that 

 any completely instructed person can consider 

 M. Pasteur's labors in this direction without 

 arriving at the conclusions that, if any man 

 has earned praise and honor of his fellows, he 

 has." 



THE TEACHING OF BIOLOGY. 



Beyond doubt the efforts of such men, whose 

 memory we delight to honor, have done more 

 for the prevention and cure of disease and for 

 the lengthening and saving of human life than 

 simple mathematics can demonstrate. How 

 very important, then, have become the prob- 

 lems of biological science as they relate to hu- 

 man welfare ! How very important is a proper 

 understanding of elementary physiology and 

 hygiene ! In establishing this fact and in 

 maintaining it Huxley was a pioneer. He was 

 constantly lighting for the introduction of 

 proper methods of teaching these subjects in 

 the schools of the United Kingdom, and, as for 

 England herself, he was quite successful. Lec- 

 tures, he thought, are indispensable because 

 they awaken attention, excite enthusiasm, and 



