106 PASTEUR 



Dean. There is degradation, be assured of that, 

 and there will continue to be, down to the remotest 

 epochs of time, attached to the memory of those 

 who began the bombardment of Paris at a date 

 when capitulation through famine was inevitable, 

 and who continued this savage act when it had be- 

 come evident to everyone that it would not hasten 

 by a single hour the surrender of the heroic city. 



"Louis PASTEUR." 



To the anguish of patriotism there were 

 added private anxieties, for Pasteur's son, who 

 was only eighteen years old, was serving as 

 quartermaster in the Army of the East, under 

 command of Bourbaki. Having been for a long 

 time without news, Pasteur set out to seek for 

 him among the demoralised troops in full re- 

 treat and destined finally to take refuge in 

 Switzerland. He had the good fortune to find 

 him in that disorganised crowd, emaciated, ex- 

 hausted, but still living. After a few days of 

 repose at Geneva, this son, well worthy of his 

 father, returned with him to France and re- 

 entered the service in the Army of National 

 Defense. 



