THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM 113 



held in 1889, attributed all the merit of their 

 products to his labours. 



After the close of the war the world of sci- 

 ence so highly appreciated the genius of Pas- 

 teur that the celebrated Englishman, Huxley, 

 did not hesitate to declare that his discoveries 

 were worth the five billion ransom of France. 

 And yet this was only the first part of his work, 

 the part which, according to Duclaux, had won 

 him fame, while now he was about to enter 

 upon the second part devoted to human mala- 

 dies which was destined to assure him im- 

 mortality. 



