through this rough bark, the inexhaustible benevolence 
of the good man; the kindness that always accompanies 
a serene mind, and even some rudiments of gayety. 
Bailly early endeavoured to model his conduct on that 
of the Abbé de Lacaille, who directed his first steps in 
the career of astronomy. And therefore it will be found 
that in transcribing five or six lines of the very feeling 
eulogy that the pupil dedicated to the memory of his 
revered master, I shall have made known at the same 
time many of the characteristic traits of the panegyrist : 
“ He was cold and reserved towards those of whom he 
knew little; but gentle, simple, equable, and familiar in 
the intercourse of friendship. It is there that, throwing 
_off the grave exterior which he wore in public, he gave 
himself up to a peaceful and amiable gayety.” 
The resemblance between Bailly and Lacaille goes no 
farther. Bailly informs us that the great astronomer 
proclaimed truth on all occasions, without disquieting 
himself as to whom it might wound. He would not 
consent to put vice at its ease, saying: 
“Tf good men thus showed their indignation, bad men 
being known, and vice unmasked, could no longer do 
harm, and virtue would be more respected.” This Spar- 
tan morality could not accord with Bailly’s character; he 
admired but did not adopt it. 
Tacitus took as a motto: “To say nothing false, to 
omit nothing true.” Our colleague contented himself in 
society with the first half of the precept. Never did 
mockery, bitterness, or severity issue from his lips. His 
manners were a medium between those of Lacaille and 
the manners of another academician who had succeeded 
in not making a single enemy, by adopting the two 
axioms: “Every thing is possible, and everybody is in 
the right.” 
