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character, assured that the coming generations cannot fail to realize 

 his claim to their regard as "the first naturalist of his time, a good 

 citizen, and a good son, beloved of those who knew him." 1 



1 From a letter written by Louis Agassiz to his father from Munich, Febru- 

 ary 14, 1829. See J. B. Marcou : Life, Letters, and Works of Louis Agassiz, 

 1, 1895, P- 3°; ar >d E. C. Agassiz: Louis Agassiz, His Life and Correspondence, 

 1893, p. 98. 



