(Meeting of Nov.26, 1793.) - Moniteur, XIX., 726. Danton (March
16, 1794) secures the passing of a decree that "hereafter prose only
shall be heard at the rostrum of the house."
[74] Archives Nationales, Papers of the committee of General Security,
No 134. - Letter of Delacroix to Danton, Lille, March 25, 1793, on
the situation in Belgium, and the retreat of Dumouriez. . . . "My
letter is so long I fear that you will not read it to the end. . .
.Oblige me by forgetting your usual indolence." -- Letter of Chabot to
Danton, Frimaire 12, year II. " I know your genius, my dear
colleague, and consequently your natural indolent disposition. I was
afraid that you would not read me through if I wrote a long letter.
Nevertheless I rely on your friendship to make an exception in my
favor."
[75] Lagrange, the mathematician, and senator under the empire, was
asked how it was that he voted for the terrible annual conscriptions.
"It had no sensible effect on the tables of mortality," he replied.
[76] Garat, 305, 310, 313. " His friends almost worshipped him."
[77] Ibid., 317. - Thibeaudeau, "M?moires," I., 59.
[78] Quinet, "La R?volution," II., 304.
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