The aristocratic French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon chose a good year to die: 1788. Reflecting his status as a star of the Enlightenment and author of 35 popular volumes on natural history, Buffon’s funeral carriage drawn by 14 horses was watched by an estimated 20,000 mourners as it processed through Paris. A grateful Louis XVI had earlier erected a statue of a heroic Buffon in the Jardin du Roi, over which the naturalist had masterfully presided. “All nature bows to his genius,” the inscription read.
法国贵族、博学多才的布冯伯爵乔治-路易•勒克莱尔(Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon)选择了一个好年份去世：1788年。作为启蒙运动的明星和35卷自然历史畅销书的作者，布冯的葬礼车由14匹马拉着，在巴黎游行时，大约有2万名哀悼者观看。感激的路易十六(Louis XVI)早些时候在国王花园竖立了一座布冯的英雄雕像，这位自然学家曾在这里出色地主持工作。碑文上写道：“所有的自然都向他的天才致敬。”
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