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them to this country.
His son (then a lad of fifteen years of age) had joined him the previous summer.
His daughters, younger by several years than their brother, arrived the following autumn, and home built itself up again around him.
The various foreign members of his household had already scattered.
One or two had returned to Europe, others had settled here in permanent homes of their own. Among the latter were Professor Guyot and M. de Pourtales, who remained, both as scientific colleagues and personal friends, very near and dear to him all his life.
‘Papa Christinat’ had also withdrawn.
While Agassiz was absent on a lecturing tour, the kind old man, knowing well the opposition he should meet, and wishing to save both himself and his friend the pain of parting, stole away without warning and went to New Orleans, where he had obtained a place as pastor.
This was a great disappointment to Agassiz, who had urged him to make his home with him, a plan in which his wife and children cordially concurred, but which did not approve itself to the judgment of his old friend.
M. Christinat afterward returned to Switzerland, where he ended his days.
He wrote constantly until
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