Figure 1. The bust of Alcide d’Orbigny mounted in one of the windows on the side of the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie Comparée facing the Jardin des Plantes where he overlooks the Allée Buffon and the statues of Buffon and Lamark. Stains on his face make it appear as if he were crying, perhaps because he did not really finish his scientific plans or because he was never admitted to the French Academy of Sciences in spite of several attempts to get him in.