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Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 3"

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Who among us does not know the danger of this constant isolation? It
is in the national schools that the child must suck republican milk!
.... The Republic is one and indivisible. Public instruction must
likewise relate to this center of unity."
[101] Decree of Vend?maire 30 and Brumaire 7, year II. - Cf. Sauzay,
VI., 252, on the application of this decree in the provinces.
[102] Albert Duruy, 2L'Instruction publique et la Revolution,2 164, to
172 (extracts from various republican spelling-books and catechisms).
- Decree of Frimaire 29, year II., section I., art. I, 83; section
II., art. 2; section III., arts. 6 and 9.
[103] Moniteur, XVIII., 653. (Meeting of Frimaire 22, speech by
Bouquir, reporter.)
[104] Moniteur, XVIII., 351-359. (Meeting of Brumaire 15, year II.,
report by Ch?nier.) "You have made laws - create habits. . . . You
can apply to the public instruction of the nation the same course that
Rousseau follows in 'Emile.' "
[105] The words of Bouquier, reporter. (Meeting of Frimaire 22, year
II.)
[106] Buchez et Roux, XXIV, 57 (Plan by Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau,
read by Robespierre at the Convention, July 13, 1793.


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