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atmosphere, are compatible only with the in- 

 stallation of a vast laboratory. The time has 

 come to emancipate the experimental sciences 

 from the obstacles which trammel them." 1 



Napoleon III responded to this eloquent ap- 

 peal in which Pasteur outlined, to a certain ex- 

 tent, the programme of his future work. He 

 gave an order to Duruy to gratify this legiti- 

 mate desire of the scientist and the Minister of 

 Public Instruction that a laboratory should be 

 built for him by the State in the gardens of the 

 Bcole Normale. But they needs must reckon 

 with administrative delays! The plans were 

 handed in by the architect of the Ecole, M. 

 Bouchot, in accordance with Pasteur's specifi- 

 cations, in September, 1867, but the actual 

 work was delayed until a year later, after Pas- 

 teur had denounced, in a pamphlet, the Budget 

 de la Science, the lamentable conditions under 

 which French scientists were obliged to conduct 

 their experiments, as compared with scientists 

 in other countries, and notably in Germany. 



5 Cited by M. Vallery-Radot. 



