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plied in lofty and noble words, in which there 

 was a blending of melancholy and pride and of 

 the deep confidence that he had in the powers 

 of science. 



"And on the day when, foreseeing the future 

 possibilities that would be opened up by the 

 discovery of the virus" so ran the words de- 

 livered by his son, for Pasteur himself was too 

 much overcome by suffering and emotion to de- 

 liver them in person "I appealed directly to 

 my country to enable us by means of private 

 subscriptions to build laboratories designed not 

 only for the treatment of hydrophobia, but also 

 for the study of virulent and contagious dis- 

 eases, that same day France gave to us with 

 lavish hands . . . 



"And here we see it finished, this grand build- 

 ing of which it may be truly said that there is 

 not a single stone that is not the material sign 

 of a generous thought. All the virtues have 

 paid tribute towards the erection of this abode 

 of toil. 



"Alas, it is my most poignant sorrow that I 



