142 MEMOIRS OF BARON CUVIER. 



tribune for the second time, and, with his usual force and 

 clearness, for more than an hour, once again defeated the 

 enemies of the University. The malady, which in reality 

 laid his mortal frame in the dust gave no warning : and, 

 from the moment it appeared, left no doubt, in his own 

 mind at least, of its destructive result. 



