CHAPTER XX. 



AT PENIKESE. 



Growth of a New Idea — John Anderson's Gift — A Patron of Science — 

 Realisation of Agassiz's Dream — Whittier's ** Prayer of Agassiz" 

 — A Distinguished Corps of Teachers — Sayings of the Great 

 Teacher at Penikese — Last Days. 



GASSIZ had long felt the 

 need of a laboratory upon 

 a large scale, a school at 

 the sea-side where stu- 

 dents of natural history 

 could meet and under 

 competent instruction be 

 brought face to face with 

 natural objects. As with 

 everything else he under- 

 took, the idea grew upon 

 I him and rapidly took 

 shape and form in his 

 mind. He soon laid the plan before the public and 

 it was discussed in the press from Maine to Florida 

 and from ocean to ocean, exciting interest in every 

 State. The subject was first brought to the attention 



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