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tor), and who was frequently invited into the 

 laboratory for conferences over the relative 

 flavour of samples. In the face of the enthusi- 

 astic appreciations sometimes expressed by his 

 friend, Pasteur remained bewildered, feeling 

 that they were leading him into regions where 

 he did not like to venture, and he would forth- 

 with have renounced this labour of Sisyphus, 

 if he had not had the imprudence to solicit the 

 pecuniary aid of a certain society for investi- 

 gations, a very large and generous society, 

 towards 'which he had thus contracted a moral 

 obligation to succeed in his enterprise. 



In order to arrive at the conclusion which he 

 wished the laboratory did not suffice his needs. 

 Accordingly, Pasteur went to continue his re- 

 searches at the great breweries belonging to the 

 Tourtel brothers at Tantonville. Above all else, 

 he recommended the most scrupulous cleanli- 

 ness in all the manipulations and all the imple- 

 ments of manufacture. 



Let us here introduce a parenthesis for the 

 purpose of pointing out the extent to which 



