" The 14th of July, 10th of
August, 2nd of September, 21st of January, and 31st of May must be
lauded or justified in their presence. They must be taken to meetings
of the municipalities, to the law courts,[103] and especially to the
popular clubs; from these pure sources they will derive a knowledge of
their rights, of their duties, of the laws, of republican morality,"
and, on entering society, they will find themselves imbued with all
good maxims. Over and above their political opinions we shape their
ordinary habits. We apply on a grand scale the plan of education
drawn out by Jean-Jacques (Rousseau).[104] We want no more literary
prigs; in the army, "the 'dandy' breaks down during the first
campaign;[105] we want young men able to endure privation and fatigue,
toughened, like Emile, "by hard work" and physical exercise. - We
have, thus far, only sketched out this department of education, but
the agreement amongst the various plans shows the meaning and bearings
of our principle. "Children generally, without exception, says Le
Peletier de Saint-Fargeau,[106] the boys from five to twelve, the
girls from five to eleven years of age, must be brought up in common
at the expense of the Republic; all, under the sacred law of equality,
are to receive the same clothing, the same food, the same education,
the same attention "in boarding-schools distributed according to
cantons, and containing each from four to six hundred pupils.
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