HAS PROVEN BY THE QUIET DIGNITY AND THE EFFICIENCY WITH WHICH HE HAS PERFORMED HIS AUGUST DUTIES THAT HE IS A WORTHY MEMBER OF A NOBLE FAMILY, ALREADY RENDERED FAMOUS BY AN EARLIER SADI CARNOT, NOW IMMORTAL IN THE ANNALS OF SCIENCE, AND IS HIMSELF DESERVING OF ENROLMENT IN A LIST OF GREAT MEN WHICH INCLUDES THAT OTHER DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER, OUR OWN FIRST PRESIDENT,
AND WHO, ELEVATED TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE WITHIN THE GIFT OF THE · FRENCH NATION,
From Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat by Sadi Carnot.
