7* THE LIFE OF PASTEUR 



in the laboratory, every one trying day by day to penetrate fur- 

 ther into Pasteur's thoughts. His family circle had widened ; 

 his son and his daughter had married, and the two new-comers 

 had soon been initiated into past results and recent experi- 

 ments. He had, in his childhood and youth, been passionately 

 loved by his parents and sisters, and now, in his middle age, his 

 tenderness towards his wife and children was eagerly repaid by \ 

 the love they bore him. He made happiness around him whilst 

 he gave glory to France. 



