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there were the Frenchmen Cuvier and Lamarck, the 
German brothers Muhler, Agassiz the Swiss who lived 
in Massachusetts, and many others whose stories I 
should like to tell. They were patient men, and brave, 
and kind; in them the spirit of adventure ran high; 
theirs was the courage of a Francis Drake, a Captain 
Kidd, only instead of slashing around the world with 
swords, they stayed at home and found high adventure 
there. 
All honor to the Man with the Microscope who con¬ 
quers, not ships nor men nor gold, but Nature! 
