The Irish standard., 1906-12-01

Pasteur was a scientist and
Frenchman, and you will be honoring
him and paying to France debt which
we have never quite repaid. Besides,
Pasteur was a Catholic, a, devout Cath
olic, which is another reason why a
public highway In a city like Boston
should be named for him, says the
Boston Republic.
In some such words as those Presi-
dent Charles William Eliot Of Har-
ward told the street commissioners of
the city Of Boston why he thought the
approach to the new Harvard Medical
School should be named, as it was. thh
week, named. Avenue Louis Pasteur.
Those who heard President Eliot
agreed with him; but since then, 9TH
srs have been asking, Who was Pas
teur?
Louis Pasteur was an uncrowned
king. Il you ask In France who this
man wasj men will laugh at you. If
you ask In the medical world what he
has done. the elect will hook upon you
with BrahrninicaI horror: The old New
Highlander was grimly. unconlpron1is
fnk' in his Calvanistic faith; and med
icAl men are as grinly intolerant Of
any who do aught but reverence the
name ofsPastetr. In a sense he is the
greatest scientist. Of the: 10th century.
Edison in electricity, Pasteur in the
delicate domains of medical science.
As great as Jenner before him, and as
great as 'Lorenz might be after him,
Pasture contributed to the world of
science knowledge which has saved
hundreds Of lives and made livable a
thousand others.
They have painting of Pasteur in
Paris which shows him. in his labora-
tory examining a vial wherein prob
ably is one of his life germs. AS mere
artistic skill, the painting counts for
little: as an indication Of the man,
there SO luxuriantly limned, it is of in
terest to the whole wide world-for
Pastsur and Pasteurs medical discov-
cries are of that universal interest The
face is large. big grand" they call It
in France. 1t looks as though it got
plenty Of Gods fresh air and sunlight
and it is a living picture of the bigger
heart which tfrobbed and pulsated so
regularly within for humanity. The
masterful mind of his finds express
sion in every line Of his assured face
Beetle browed-the tag Of vanishing
type-with najestically broad fore
head and two large eyes that look right
out Of the painting and through you.
Penetrating they are, and that is just
what Louis Pasteur was in life-the
most penetrating Of Investigators who
dug down deep in the Pieran spring
and added to the store Of the worlds
valuable knowledge more than many
single men have contributed; the hu-
name and soul-saving discovery of the
effectiveness Of incubation.
Louis Pasteur was born in 1922.
Dvsnts conspired to accentuate his i'm
portance. even then. That year, and
the year before. saw Napoleon pass
away at Helena: Lord Byron died, an
exiled Englishnan, and likewise 9th ar
great men ended their labors Men in
France took new life then, too; it
was just after the Congress OF Vienna
In 1916 had placed Europe back to
where she was before the French Rev.
olution, and men in France first took
the courage to think for themselves.
Louis Pastsur's father had sank and
swam with varying revolutionary
fortune. and the infant came into the
world when France. in general, and the
Pasteur household In particular was
but beginning to md itself anew. Tho
child grew in strength and wisdom
and his steps were directed at once
toward scientific studies. At Is he
took his doctors degree at sorbonns