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for himself an honest fame. See what Europe is doing 

 for her scientists! " 



" What have you read, Victor? " 



" Cuvier was poor, he struggled hard, and now he has 

 not only been made perpetual secretary of the National 

 Institute of Paris and may live like a prince, but they are 

 about to make him a baron." 



" "Well, no one has better earned his fame, unless it be 

 Humboldt. Napoleon admitted him to the Council of 

 State, and the Bourbons are outdoing Napoleon, but Victor 

 Cuvier has made a new scientific world." 



" And my father's work ought to reveal to Europe what 

 she can find in the forests of America. It ought to make 

 the dull English king hear the birds singing. I have 

 rounded the forests with my father, and I want him to see 

 his work valued at its worth. Did you know that Europe 

 was honoring Wilson? " 



" I am glad it is so. Wilson has done good work out 

 of an honest heart. Think how he suffered and strug- 

 gled! " 



" But his work is less accurate than father's. If the 

 Kings of England and Prussia so honor Humboldt, and Ber- 

 lin and Paris contend for him as a citizen, why should not 

 my father's worth be recognized?" 



"America will do it one day, my son; worth reveals 

 itself." 



" He has told me in the forests how Humboldt looked 



