MEMOIR OF LATREILLE. 45 
who share in our grief, or who can at least under- 
stand it. 
“ On the occasion of the bust of M. Latreille 
being presented to you, I again congratulate myself 
on the honour of having been elected to preside at 
your meetings for the ensuing year, since I am 
thereby called upon to express, in your name, the 
satisfaction we all enjoy in contemplating the like- 
ness of that individual whose works gave such an 
impulse to the science you cultivate. For the same 
reason I likewise become the medium of expressing 
your gratitude to the gentleman whose affectionate 
regard has enriched the place of your meeting with k 
so precious an ornament. 
“ The sight of it reminds me of the well merited 
eulogium the individual it represents received from 
his associates in the Academy of Sciences, as well 
as from many of yourselves, and intimates to me in 
particular to be cautious how I add my own, which 
can neither possess the same authority nor be ex- 
pressed with the same eloquence. 
“ But it may be affirmed that the highest pane- 
gyrics on M. Latreille, the most beautiful flowers 
that can surround his hust, or can be placed on his 
tomb, aro those which it is in your power, gentle- 
men, to offer. It is your labours in the branch of 
human knowledge to which he owed his celebrity ; 
it is your successful efforts daily to extend its 
boundaries, which confer more honour on the name 
and memory of this illustrious man than can ho 
done by the best expressed eulogies. 
