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[8] Chevremont, I., 74. (See the testimony of Arago, Feb.24, 1844).
[9] Ibid., I., 104. (Sketch of a declaration of the rights of man and
of the citizen).
[10] See the epigraph of his "M?moires sur la Lumiere." "They will
force their way against wind and tide." - Ibid., preface, VII.
"D?convertes de Monsieur Marat," 1780, 2nd ed., p. 140.
[11] "Recherches physiques sur l'electricit?," 1782, pp.13, 17.
[12] Chevremont, I., 59.
[13] "De l'Homme," preface VII. and book IV.
[14] "Journal de la R?publique Fran?aise," No 98.
[15] "Journal de la R?publique Fran?aise," by Marat, No. I.
[16] " L'Ami du Peuple" No. 173. (July 26, 1790). The memories of
conceited persons, given to immoderate self-expansion, are largely at
fault. I have seen patients in asylums who, believing in their
exalted position, have recounted their successes in about the same
vein as Marat. (Chevremont, I., 40, 47, 54). "The reports of
extraordinary cures effected by me brought me a great crowd of the
sick. The street in front of my door was blocked with carriages.
People came to consult me from all quarters. . . . The abstract of
my experiments on Light finally appeared and it created a prodigious
sensation throughout Europe; the newspapers were all filled with it.
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