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tated to do further work, was surrounded by 

 universal admiration and by the personal affec- 

 tion of that group of scientists who, within his 

 Institute, were pursuing their personal re- 

 searches along the path that he had traced. 



It was at this epoch that various committees 

 were formed, both in France and abroad, for 

 the purpose of celebrating the seventieth anni- 

 versary of his birth. The movement emanated 

 from Denmark, Sweden and Norway, while at 

 Paris the Academy of Sciences was deeply 

 stirred, on the 7th of November, 1892, by a let- 

 ter from its section of medicine and surgery, 

 asking that homage should be paid to the illus- 

 trious scientist. 



"MONSIEUR THE PRESIDENT: Monsieur Pasteur 

 will be seventy years of age on the 27th of next 

 December. 



"The section of medicine and surgery feels that 

 it ought to take the initiative in celebrating this 

 glorious anniversary. Yet, while medicine and sur- 

 gery both owe M. Pasteur a boundless admiration 

 and gratitude, we know that the Institute as a whole 

 is united in this same sentiment. 



