his education and even included some of Pasteur's own words, "Any convictions that might be of comfort in the suffering of human life had his respectful sympathy. His own creed was beautifully expressed in Pasteur's eulogy upon Littre, 'He who proclaims the existence of the Infinite, and none can avoid it-accumulates in that affirmation more of the supernatural than is to be found in all the miracles of all the religions; for the notion of the Infinite presents that double character that it forces itself upon us and yet is incomprehensible. When this motion seizes upon our understanding, we can but kneel, I see everywhere the inevitable expression of the Infinite in the world; through it, the supernatural is at the bottom of every heart. The idea of God is a form of the idea of the Infinite. As long as the mystery of the Infinite weighs on human thought, temples will be erected for the worship of the Infinite, whether God is called Brahma, Allah, Jehovah, or Jesus; and on the pavement of these temples men will be seen kneeling, prostrated, annihilated in the thought of the Infinite.'" At the end of the introduction Osler closed with this highest tribute to Pasteur, "...That he was the most perfect man who has ever entered the Kingdom of Science." If you read this greatest of introductions many of you may agree with my feeling that the writing exhibits superb organization, the most beautiful and concise prose, a respectful regard for the historical facts and a most sensitive treatment of his subject, Louis Pasteur, the scientist and the man. Pasteur was truly a hero for Osler.
Another biography, which has always been most dear to me, was Osler's essay, William Beaumont, A Pioneer American Physiologist. During my physiology fellowship with Otto H. Gauer I also became aware that William Beaumont was the near-perfect example or illustration of Osler's A Way of Life. Now that I have come of age and experience, I still hold this opinion. The essay reads with the flow of a great novel, yet
