. . and then. . . . she turns
and bestows a benevolent regard on her friends."
[21] Moniteur, XVIII., 399. Session of Brumaire 20, on motion of
Thuriot: "I move that the convention attends the temple of Reason to
sing the hymn to Liberty." - "The motion of Thuriot is decreed."
[22] Mercier, ibid., 99. (Similar scenes in the churches of St.
Eustache and St. Gervais.)
[23] Durand-Maillane, '"M?moires," 182. - Gregoire, "M?moires," II.,
34. On the 7th of November, 1793, in the great scene of the
abjurations, Gr?goire alone resisted, declaring: "I remain a bishop; I
invoke freedom of worship." "Outcries burst forth to stifle my voice
the pitch of which I raised proportionately. . . . A demoniac
scene occurred, worthy of Milton. . . . I declare that in making
this speech I thought I was pronouncing sentence of death on myself."
For several days, emissaries were sent to him, either deputies or
bandits, to try and make him retract. On the 11th of November a
placard posted throughout Paris declared him responsible for the
continuance of fanaticism. "For about two years, I was almost the
only one in Paris who wore the ecclesiastical costume.
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