82 PASTEUR 



at the lense, the microbes of the tourne from 

 those of the amer. Napoleon III expressed sur- 

 prise that it had not occurred to Pasteur to 

 make a pecuniary profit out of his discoveries, 

 which were worth tens of millions to the wine 

 industry, and Pasteur made this fine response: 

 "In France a scientist would think that he had 

 demeaned himself if he did such a thing." Ac- 

 cording to his standards, they must content 

 themselves with glory and with the satisfaction 

 of a duty fulfilled. 



In Pasteur, Napoleon III liked both the man 

 and the scientist, and many a time he invited 

 him either to the Tuileries or to Compiegne. 

 Arrangements were made to conduct some ex- 

 periments in the apartments of the empress, 

 and in the presence of the ladies of honour Pas- 

 teur expounded the mysteries of the world of 

 infinitely little things. Incidentally he met 

 with a singular adventure, which might have 

 banished him from the Court, if the affection 

 which the Empress bore him had been less 

 genuine. For the purposes of a certain demon- 



