April 22, 1847

Election of M. Ampere. This is an improvement upon the last. A slow improvement. But Academies, like old people, go slowly.

During the session and after the election Lamartine sent to me by an usher the following lines:

C’est un état peu prospere
D’aller d’Empis en Ampere.

I replied to him by the same usher:

Toutefois ce serait pis
D’aller d’Ampere en Empis.