44 LOUIS AGASSIZ 



an annoyance or causing any smell, my 

 collection, if placed under glass or dis- 

 posed of in some other suitable manner, 

 would be an ornament." Then for a 

 year at home he was wearying for inter- 

 course with his intellectual equals and 

 for access to the treasures of a university 

 or a great city. The effect that Agassiz 

 produced on those about him comes out 

 in the way his friends and relatives 

 urged their mites of contribution toward 

 sending their young author to Paris, 

 which was now the goal of his desire. 

 Enough money was raised to make it 

 possible, and from December, 1831, to 

 September, 1832, Agassiz was in Paris. 



The two most interesting things in 

 this year are again his scientific friend- 

 ships. Cuvier, who ranked first among 

 living French zoologists, and Alexander 

 von Humboldt, the leader of all the sci- 

 entific world, were both in Paris } and 

 it seems to have needed little time to 

 gain affectionate recognition from both. 



