LOUIS PASTEUR

1822-1895

To my mind Louis Pasteur is the greatest benefactor of mankind since the time of Jesus Christ, and as he was inspired by religious sentiment I claim that he should be enrolled among the saints and enshrined in our cathedrals. It is of this aspect of his life that "The New Order of Sainthood" deals. Contemplation of this aspect of his life led me to reflections upon Nature and Religion, in which I was greatly aided by my previous studies in the natural philosophy of the Greeks and of Augustine and was guided to the wonderful passages of Dante in "The Divine Comedy" by Bishop Boyd Carpenter. The sequel to this address is to be found in "Evolution and Religion," my reply to William Jennings Bryan.

THE NEW ORDER OF SAINTHOOD

MONG all the great scientific men

A whom the nineteenth century pro

duced Pasteur ranks supreme as a benefactor of mankind. He played the original and creative part in the movement for the prevention and relief of human suffering which Sir William Osler has aptly termed "Man's Redemption of Man." It is far under the truth to say that he has saved more lives than Napoleon destroyed. In nature he found the causes of a very large part of human suffering; in nature he also found the means of controlling or averting suffering. His attitude toward his fellow men was one of noble compassion. His first trial of the hydrophobia serum with a young sufferer brought to him, his agony of mind lest the remedy itself might be the means of causing death, his joy as the child was restored in perfect health to its parents, is one of the most beautiful episodes in human history. As recited by Radot, "Pasteur was going through a succession of hopes, fears, anguish, and an ardent yearning to snatch little Meister from death; he could