Less successful management

During his last illness, Homberg s patience was that of a hero or a saint A few days before his death, said B. Le Bovier de Fontenelle m his eulogy, he took the liberty of writing to His Royal Highness the Duke of Orleans. .. to recommend to him all that he had most loved, the widow whom he was about to leave and the Academy of Sciences. His prayer for the Academy had more success than he would have dared to hope the prince has reserved for himself alone the direct management of this Company. He treats our sciences like his own domain, of which he is jealous (62). 

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