His eulogy of Gresset is not crowned
by the Amiens Academy. He reads before the Academy of Arras a
discourse against the civil incapacities of illegitimate children, and
then another on reforms in criminal jurisprudence. In 1789, he is
president of the Arras Academy, and publishes an eulogy of Dupaty and
an address to the people from Artois on the qualities necessary for
future deputies.
[102] See his eulogy of Rousseau in the speech of May 7, 1794.
(Buchez et Roux, XXXII., 369. - Garat, 85. "I hoped that his
selection of Rousseau for a model of style and the constant reading of
his works would exert some good influence on his character."
[103] Fiev?e, "correspondance" (introduction). Fiev?e, who heard him
at the Jacobin Club, said that he resembled a "tailor of the ancient
regime." La R?eveill?re-Lepeaux, ?"Mmoires." - Buchez et Roux, XXXIV.,
94. - Malouet, "M?moires," II., 135. (Session of May 31, 1791, after
the delivery of Abb? Raynal's address.) "This is the first and only
time I found Robespierre clear and even eloquent. . . . He spun
out his opening phrases as usual, which contained the spirit of his
discourse, and which, in spite of his accustomed rigmarole, produced
the effect he intended.
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