142 MEMOIRS OF BARON CUVIER. 



tribune for the second time, and, with his usual force and i 

 clearness, for more than an hour, once again defeated the j 

 enemies of the University. The malady, which in reality 

 laid his mortal frame in the dust gave no warning ; and, 

 from the moment it appeared, left no doubt, in his own 

 mind at least, of its destructive result. 



