Show conquering A LANGUAGE lout louis learned enough english to lecture while crossing ane atlantic ocean tho the death af prof alexander A agas gas siz lat lart a parini called to mind many of i the deoh connected with the life if f MA a famous father the career of the great naturalist allot was one of victory through endeavor when he be first vis via ted america bis his unfamiliarity with the enah language threatened to tand in the way of his advancement how he lie met the difficulty Is told by prof juice lutes marcou to in life letters and works corks of louis agassiz tb the first thing necessary in coming to the united states was to master english sufficiently to speak in pubic ic lie ile had been acue tomed to trane trans I 1 1 ate for some years but be spoke it j so little that he waa was alro ry hard to un I 1 der stand professor lell told him b when agassiz was in england that it would be useless to lecture in america I 1 in either french or german as both languages were used in narrow limits he must speak good english if he be was to make a good impression during the long journey across the atlantic At lautic in 1846 1840 agassiz went to work in earnest to master the new now tan lau guage he spent most of ot his time speaking and committing to memory words and sentences and repeating them aloud to anyone who bad the patience to 10 hear the captain remarked 1 I never bad had a passenger like you professor he lie as every one else was wax charmed with the swiss naturalist ufa file great memory helped him soon be he bad a sufficient number of words and sentences to allow him to WA in public it TIRS too late in life to t admit of his benc a complete master rl of english and avd he be always ways spoke with a sti strong anc french accent aich bleb waa was not without charm to hie his listeners youths companion |