266  Life  and  Work  of  Charles  Tanret.  {AmMTa°u%£garm- 
the  Champagne.  His  preliminary  education,  especially  in  the 
classics,  was  of  a  very  high  .order  and  formed  a  very  definite  imprint 
on  his  future  career.  He  was  also  very  fortunate  in  his  apprentice- 
ship in  the  store  of  M.  Antoine.    The  latter  was  a  well-educated 
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pharmacist  and  took  a  great  deal  of  personal  interest  in  Tanret, 
inviting  him  to  his  home,  directing  his  reading  and  instructing  him 
in  the  science  and  art  of  pharmacy.  His  employer  was  a  man  of 
magnetic  personality  and  so  filled  his  young  pupil  and  apprentice 
with  enthusiasm  and  with  the  possibilities  of  pharmacy  that  his  sub- 
