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prerogatives of liberty on behalf of science. And 

 it was really the unrestrained curiosity of his 

 searching mind, spurred on by his inventive 

 powers, and seconded by his scrupulous re- 

 search for objective truths, that guided him 

 through the long and brilliant evolution of his 

 scientific labours. . . . " 



"Happy is he," said Pasteur; "happy is he 

 who carries within him his own ideal, and lives 

 in obedience to it." Throughout his life Pas- 

 teur himself lived in obedience to the highest 

 and purest of ideals, in science and virtue and 

 charity. All his thoughts and all his actions 

 were illumined by the reflected rays of that in- 

 ner flame; he owed his greatness to his sensi- 

 bilities ; and posterity will assign him a place in 

 the radiant line of apostles of goodness and of 

 truth. 



The body of Louis Pasteur was interred in 

 the Institute, and there he lies, in the cold and 

 austere crypt, while men of learning, inspired 

 by his genius, continue and carry towards com- 



