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" serving as a beacon to the path which had 

 already been traversed, and to that which was 

 yet to be pursued." * The Report was formally 

 presented to the Emperor in the council of 

 state. In this same year, w^hen Napoleon cre- 

 ated the Imperial University, M. Cuvier was 

 made one of the counsellors for life to this body, 

 which brought him constantly into the imme- 

 diate presence of the Emperor. 



In 1809 and 1810, in his office of Counsellor 

 to the University, M. Cuvier was charged with 

 the organisation of the academies of those Ita- 

 lian states which were, for a time, annexed to 

 the empire. The regulations made by him at 

 Turin, Genoa, and Pisa, were afterwards con- 

 tinued by the sovereigns of these countries on 

 their return to their dominions. 



In 1811 appeared one of the most important 

 of all M. Cuvier*s scientific labours, — his work 

 on Fossil, Remains J which opened new sources 

 of wonder in the history of creation, and made 

 an entire revolution in the study of geology. 

 Also, in 1811, he was ordered to form aca- 

 demies in Holland and the Hanseatic towns, 



* Baron Pasquier. 



