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That love of order which so prevailed in great 

 things was, by M. Cuvier, carried even into the 

 minutiae of Hfe. His dissecting dress, it is true, 

 was not of briUiant appearance, but it was 

 adapted to the occasion ; in this he would fre- 

 quently walk about early in the summer morn- 

 ings, in the open air, or pace up and down the 

 galleries of anatomy, but on all other occasions 

 his toilette was adjusted with care ; he himself 

 designed the patterns for the embroidery of his 

 Court and Institute coats, invented all the cos- 

 tumes of the University, and drew the model 

 for the uniform of the council, which drawing 

 accompanied the decree by which it was esta- 



previous likeness, and presented it to the Baroness, saying, 

 that his services could be no affair of money between him 

 and the widow of the great Cuvier. The sad delight with 

 which the survivors accepted this generous gift was the 

 highest reward which the donor could receive, and is best 

 pourtrayed by their own expressions to me; — " C'est lui; c'est 

 sa pensee, noble, pure, elevee, et souvent melancolique, quoi- 

 que toujours bienveillante et calme, comme la vraie bont^. 

 C'est son ame dans ses yeux. C'est le grand homme, pas- 

 sant sur la terre, et sachant qu'il y a quelque chose au-dela." 

 (" It is he ; it is his noble, pure, elevated mind, often melan- 

 choly, though always benevolent and calm, like real goodness. 

 It is his soul in his eyes. It is the great man passing over 

 this earth, and knowing there is something beyond.") I may 

 be forgiven for relating these anecdotes of the pi'ivate feelings 

 of the living, when it is considered how refreshing and useful it 

 is to meet with such actions in this world of self-interest. 



