St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-19
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Death of Prof. AgassiZ.

Prot. Louis Awa>>iI died at his home
il Cambridge. Sabbath evening II 10
.,'clork. at the aye. of 6G. In his death.
this country and the world lose one "t
th, few men of genius who IN the mtcd
states have united the higher researches
of science with practical gifts aN u
teacher and writcI fnr til" people. and
with those popular and s"rial qualities
which rarely accompany the faculty of
original investigation. 1t i not simply
~ Il man of science that he must hc
JUDGED. but ~ Il Stimulatur of study. an
instructor of the many and of the few.
Il great >orial and personal force. ppim-
ions may differ a. to the Naluc OF his
discoveries and theories. hut there can
he no question of hi~ native greatness
Of MUD. and extraordinary >ucrc>~ in
communicating To others l"N" OF
scientific pursuits. His emigration l."
Nmclica was Il boon conferred on our
people: his reception and Wclc"uc here
have been the best evidence, of "ur hos
pitaIItN to the m"hI,~t occupations If tn"
intellect Louis Jean H"d"lphc Aga>>l/.
81 French uimr and ancestry. tut "t
Swiss hiIth. WAS born in tine parish "t
Nutticr. near \ruichltcl. in the Pay
de Naud. Man -. l-O1. His father WAS
Il Protestant mIul~IcI. auh intended
Young Aua~>iI ais" for the pulpit. tut
the strong bent "t his genius toward
natural Science. led him To iudul"" that
taste and give up theology. II" was
educated in small >chuol~ at Bicuur and
Lausanne. where already. 1T the agr at
-. he WAS distinguished t"r hi attain
mcut> in ~cicucr: then at the famous
Swiss medical school of /miClI.a at the uni
>rr>itl of heidelberg. and At Nmich.
where he took his degree at VI. u. al
the ace of ~. IIi> first book appeared
1T Munich in l-2g Il work on the fishes
of Brazil. published with This title.
The Fishes. etc. Collected and Figured
/ 10y SpiN. Described 10y A." and con
tanning 81 photographic plates of fishes,
/ with cla>>iliratiou> and descriptions 10y
the Young Swiss naturalist. then i'll
/ his I'D year. He spent four Years ON
/ this work. during which he studied 1T
Munich. Vienna and Paris. and in the
latter city became the pupil of CuNirr.
and the companion and pr"tcTe at
| Alexander Won Humboldt.
TIIE NATURE OF HIS FATAL ILLNESS.
| The >udder and alarming illness of
/ llot. AgaS>Z OCCASIONS nUth anxiety
/ here among his numerous friends. but
no very definite statement concerning
/ il has Vet appeared i'll the city papers
81 far ;S have seen. 1t il not what l.
commonly understood as paraly SIS,
! that i. the brain is not affected. mon
amy important limb. thus tan. But
| there i paraly sis of the muscles of The
throat and chest. such as happens in
bronchitis and other affections. and this
has prevented him for Il week past from
swallowing any nouIi>hmcnt III the on
binary way. Liquid food has been
supplied through Il pipe, and his
strength has not been So much dimin-
iShed a> might he supposed from his
long abstinence. In tn" middle of the.
week he WAS able to sit up and t" do
many things. hut of course. he is weaker
now. The fear has been that the
disease would attack the brain. aud
perhaps deprive the patient of reason.
without ut once terminating his life.
For several days he has been under the
care of his friend. DR. Brown Scquard.
with DIR. Wyman also us consulting
physician. He has not lost the power
of speech ut all, and talks freely with
his family and his physician. Boston
letter 10 RcpHbIjcdH.