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such a life. The eulogium of George Cuvier, 

 of the same rehgion as yours, will often appear 

 in your books, and will be pronounced by our 

 learned bodies and our most celebrated orators. 

 However, a word sincerely uttered within these 

 walls to the memory of one so dear to us, of the 

 learned and virtuous man who deigned to 

 honour me with his goodness, has not appeared 

 to me to be out of place, or without interest ; and 

 it is as much for your sake as for my own that 

 it becomes me here to speak of George Cuvier, 

 and to lead you in him to preserve the recollec- 

 tion of one of your most ardent benefactors. Let 

 this short eulogium serve you as a lesson, and 

 teach you to be always grateful to those who 

 wish us well, and especially to those who do us 

 good." 



During M. Cuvier's direction of the Protest- 

 ant Faculties he became one of the Vice-Pre- 

 sidents of the Bible Society, and caused the 

 creation of fifty new cures, which had very long 

 been wanting. The protestant churches re- 

 quired fresh regulation and discipline, and for 

 this purpose he collected the opinions of the 

 different pastors of these churches, placing in this 

 matter, as well as in all others, great confidence 

 in the counsels of experience ; and had, in con- 



