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said, altiT an rl<>(|Uoiit enlo^iv iipon the dead, "A new science, 

 human palieontology, lias just originated under our feot; 

 at hundreds of ages of depth, our fore-fathers have been, in 

 some way, surprised, lying pell-mell in the midst of the 

 giant fauna of a vanished creation. Broea was one of the 

 valiant pioneers who penetrated the foremost into the sub- 

 terranean world of humanity, and wl»o understood best how 

 to thnnv light on such history as is left of it.'' 



His work is continued by those who were his disciples 

 and colleagues. Gavarret is the director of the School of 

 Anthropology, Matthias Duval is director of the Laboratory, 

 and Dr. Paul Topinard is the General Secretary of the So- 

 ciety and director of the Revue d'anthropologie. 



The museum, now the Musee Broca, continues to increase 

 its treasures; a recent number of the Review states that 

 there are more than seven thousand specimens in craniology 

 alone. 



Broca left an enormous quantity of notes and drawings; 

 also, two (piarto volumes which contain the measurements 

 of crania made by him during twenty years. These are 

 divided into sixty -four series of different races, and record 

 more than 185,000 measurements. 



Madame Broca, liis widow, has devoted a sum of momy 

 to found a '' Broca prize" — Ic prix Broca. The subject of 

 competition is " human and comparative anatomy in relation 

 to anthropology." Writers of all nations may compete but 

 their papers must be written in French. The prize is 1,500 

 francs, and it is to be bestowed every two years. 



There is not much more that needs to be said of Broca 

 and his work. If Europe be now garrisoned with societies 

 of anthropology composed of earnest workers, loyally co- 

 operating witii the votaries of othe'r sciences, and daily 

 adding to the vast mass of facts and observations wiiiih 

 have been accumulated concerning man, it is indisputable 

 that it is to I>roca we are indebted for their existence. Of 

 his remarkable litne.«;s for the task which it fell to liim to 

 undertake, there can be no d<)ul)t. but it was one predom- 

 inating quality of his moral nature which gave him Ids 



