, 525), relates that, in the month of
Flor?al, after another equally long and violent session, "Robespierre,
exhausted, became ill."
[169] Carnot, "M?moires," II. 526. "As his bureau was in a separate
place, where none of us set foot, he could retire to it without coming
in contact with any of us, as in effect, he did. He even made a
pretence of passing through the committee rooms, after the session was
over, and he signed some papers; but he really neglected nothing,
except our common discussions. He held frequent conferences in his
house with the presidents of the revolutionary tribunals, over which
his influence was greater than ever."
[170] Dauban, "Paris en 1794," 563. - Archives Nationales, AF.II.,
58. The signature of Robespierre, in his own handwriting, is found
affixed to many of the resolutions of the Committee of Public Safety,
passed Thermidor 5 and 7, and those of St. Just and Couthon after
this, up to Thermidor 3, 6 and 7. On the register of the minutes of
the Committee of Public Safety, Robespierre is always recorded as
present at all meetings between Messidor 1 and Thermidor 8, inclusive.
[171] Archives Nationales, F.7, 4438.
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