4 PASTEUR 



cept her cheerfulness, her gentle disposition 

 and her two industrious arms. Accordingly it 

 was not long before Joseph Pasteur decided to 

 try his luck by removing to Dole, and there he 

 established himself in a modest little house in 

 the Rue des Tanneurs. It was there that Louis 

 Pasteur was born on the 27th of December, 

 1822. 



The family continued in straitened circum- 

 stances, in spite of long and weary toil. He re- 

 moved, a second time, to Marnoz, and at last 

 made his permanent home at Arbois. The tan- 

 nery was situated near a stream, the Cuisance, 

 in the low-lying town, surrounded by pic- 

 turesque slopes of country-side ; and it was here 

 in an austere dwelling, in the presence of living 

 examples of energy and courage, and under the 

 influence of a nature that was alternately gay 

 and melancholy, that Louis Pasteur received 

 his first impressions. 



The little town of Arbois bears a coat of arms 

 that might well have applied to the man who 

 was not only a great scientist but also a bene- 



