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THE narrative of Agassiz's life flows 

 evenly for some ten or fifteen years after 

 his establishment in America. He was 

 always poor ; bnt his poverty grew less 

 extreme, and lost all its bitterness as his 

 debts disappeared. A modest salary 

 was assured by his Harvard position; 

 and outside the university his lectures 

 not only were well paid, but, when re- 

 printed in book form, they sold well, 

 and he ventured on one or two popular 

 text-books. The scheme which relieved 

 him for good and all of anxiety concern- 

 ing his daily bread was due to his wife. 

 With the help of the older children she 

 planned a day school for young ladies, 

 which should enjoy the great advantage 

 of Agassiz's name and roof as well as the 

 inestimable advantage of his teaching. 

 The plan worked to a charm, and helped 

 him in more ways than one, as it sub- 

 stituted employment at his own home 



