Abstract

When an institution or a society – or both in the case of the College de France – must say goodbye to one of its most loyal supporters, the words it chooses are fitting for the circumstances. Jean-Pierre de Morant in 1998 Fitting? This holds true only if they indeed are so, but not if they are spoken with their full meaning. Commitment, dedication, wisdom, competence, availability, firmness and courtesy, authority and discretion are all words which suddenly recover their full impact when re...

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