A cart, a thatched roof affording shelter from the
frosts, a family safe from the lubricity of a robber - such is happiness!"
[75] Buchez et Roux, XXXI., 402. (Constitution of 1793.)
[76] Ibid. XXXV., 310. ("Institutions", by Saint-Just.)
[77] Ibid., XXVI., 93 and 131. (Speech by Robespierre on property,
April 24, 1793, and declaration of rights adopted by the Jacobin
Club.) - Mallet-Dupan, "M?moires," I., 401. (Address of a deputation
from Gard.) "Material wealth is no more the special property of any
one member of the social body than base metal stamped as a circulating
medium."
[78] Moniteur, VIII., 452. (Speech by H?bert in the Jacobin Club,
Brumaire 26, year II.) "Un S?jour en France de 1792 ? 1795," p.218.
(Amiens, Oct. 4, 1794.) "While waiting this morning at a shop door I
overheard a beggar bargaining for a slice of pumpkin. Unable to agree
on the price with the woman who kept the shop he pronounced her
'corrupted with aristocracy.' 'I defy you to prove it!' she replied.
But, as she spoke, she turned pale and added, 'Your civism is beyond
all question - but take your pumpkin.' 'Ah,' returned the beggar,
'what a good republican!'"
[79] Ibid.
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