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such medical studies as do not require daylight. 

 . . . On Saturday only, I spend the evening at M. 

 Cuvier's." 



He writes later to his brother that there is an- 

 other excellent reason why he does not spend more 

 evenings in society, because he has " no presentable 

 coat. . . . You can imagine that, after the fuel bill 

 for the winter is paid, little remains for other 

 expenses out of my two hundred francs a month, 

 five louis of which are always due to my compan- 

 ion. Far from having anything in advance, my 

 month's supply is thus taken up at once." Evidently 

 he had no more money than when he and Auguste 

 copied whole volumes at the Zurich school. 



Cuvier was so much drawn to the young natural- 

 ist that he gave him and his artist a corner in one 

 of his own laboratories, and, more than this, his 

 drawings of fossil fishes and notes which he had 

 taken in the British Museum and elsewhere. 

 Cuvier said, three months later, with regard to 

 some work, "You are young; you have time 

 enough for it, and I have none to spare." 



Agassiz now studied fifteen hours daily, some- 

 times seventeen. Cuvier commended his devotion, 

 but said one evening as he left him, " Be careful, 

 and remember that work kills." The next day he 

 was paralyzed and died soon after, Agassiz never 

 seeing him again. 



It became evident that Paris, with her scientific 

 treasures, could not be enjoyed longer. He must 

 go back to Switzerland, and find a place to teach, 



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