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ticular school of administration, on the models 

 of those which have long existed in Germany, 

 and to which faculty he desired that his name 

 should be attached. The project was prepared, 

 and nearly put in execution, when the above 

 minister retired, and from the succeeding party 

 nothing further could be obtained than a chair 

 for administrative law, and even that was very 

 shortly suppressed. 



All the minor schools of France were likewise 

 the objects of M. Cuvier's earnest solicitude ; 

 and, notwithstanding tlie frustration of many of 

 his plans, from an obstinate attachment to old 

 methods, he succeeded, by reiterated appeals to 

 the government, in estabhsliing among them 

 professors of history, living languages, and na- 

 tural history. In order to further primary 

 instruction, he caused the institution of provin- 

 cial committees for superintending the schools of 

 their own departments, thinking that emulation 

 would thus be excited among those called to the 

 office, consequently their zeal redoubled, and 

 their endeavours carried to a greater extent. In 

 some provinces this plan was attended with the 

 greatest success, but in others party spirit and 

 consequent dissension paralysed even the most 

 active. As a finther proof of tlie ever- watchful 



