LOUIS AGASSIZ 97 



The face forms on the canvas, even 

 under such disconnected touches the 

 face of an eminently lovable man, full of 

 the primal force of personality, abound- 

 ing in good will and bearing malice to 

 nobody. One wonders that such a man 

 ever made an enemy. When he did, 

 jealousy was at the root of the matter 

 nine times in ten, helped on by Agassiz's 

 habit of putting to the best scientific use 

 everything on which he could lay his 

 hand, whether the property was material 

 or intellectual. 



One French scientific friend never 

 called him anything but ce cher Agassiz, 

 which reminds us of the farewell toasts 

 at the club, before his voyages of ex- 

 ploration : 



"To dear Agassiz" and 



"Heaven bless the Great Professor, 

 And the land his proud possessor ! '* 



In his will he calls himself "Louis 

 Agassiz, Teacher." To characterise 



