" See,
in chapter II., the extent of the domain thus defined. It embraces
nearly everything. It suffices to run through the registers of a few
of the revolutionary committees, to verify this enormous power and see
how they interfere in every detail of individual life
[20] Archives Nationales, F.7, 31167. (Report, Niv?se 1, year II., by
Leharival.)
[21] Dauban, "Paris en 1794," 307. (Report of March 29, 1794.) It
here relates to the "Piques" Section, Place Vendome.
[22] Dauban, ib., 308. (Note found among Danton's papers and probably
written by the physician, Quevremont de Lamotte.)
[23] Dauban, ib., 125. (Report of B?rard, Vent?se 10.) In the words
of a woman belonging to the Bonne-Novelle section: "My husband has
been in prison four months. And what for? He was one of the first at
the Bastille; he has always refused places so that the good sans-
culottes might have them, and, if he has made enemies, it was because
he was unwilling to see these filled by ignoramuses or new-comers,
who, vociferating and apparently thirsting for blood, have created a
barrier of partisans around them."
[24] Dauban, ibid., 307. (Report of March 29, 1794.)
[25] Ibid.
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