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publication. His volume on the Glaciers 

 was already out, so that, although the 

 work was never finished, we find the par- 

 adoxical situation of Agassiz's part com- 

 plete, and that of his coadjutors wanting. 

 In spite of his repeating that he should 

 return to Neuchatel, it seems as if the 

 guiding genius of his life had warned 

 him that this was no mere episode. He 

 left his wife and children for the time 

 with Alexander Braun in Carlsruhe, but 

 he had not been long in America when 

 the news reached him of his wife's death. 

 The stars in their courses marked the 

 completion of a period; and in public 

 and private life alike, in intellect and in 

 affection, another life begins as his ship 

 passes across the ocean to a brave new 

 world. 



