320 MEMOIRS OF 



dence had suffered him to remain, during thirty- 

 eight years of revolution, in the same place, and 

 witli the same occupations. The great mind, the 

 pure intention, the devoted and disinterested 

 heart, alone are suffered to effect such mira- 

 cles/* 



In the evening of Tuesday, M. Cuvier felt 

 some pain and numbness in his right arm, which 

 was supposed to proceed from rheumatism. On 

 Wednesday, the 9th, he presided over the Com- 

 mittee of the Interior witli his wonted activity. 

 At dinner that day, lie felt some difficulty in 

 swallowing, and the numbness of his arm in- 

 creased. Never can the look and the enquiry 

 he directed to his nephew, when he found that 

 bread would not pass down his throat, be for- 

 gotten ; nor the self-possession with which he 

 said, as he sent his plate to Madame Cuvier, 

 " Then I must eat more soup," in order to quiet 

 the alarm visible on the countenances of those 

 present. M. Fr6d6ic, the younger, sought me- 

 dical advice; and an application of leeches was 

 made during the night, without producing any 

 amelioration. Tlie next day (Thursday) both 

 arms were seized, and the paralysis of the pha- 

 rynx was complete. He was then bled, but 

 without any benefit, and from that moment he 



