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Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 3"

(Session of the Convention, Fructidor 14,
year II.) - "Bibliot?que nationale," LB41, 1802, (Denounciation of the
six sections of the commune of Dijon), 3: "Woe betide those are seen
in any way, either due to an honest affluence, a good education, an
elegant dress or some talent or other, as being different from their
fellow citizens! They are likely to be persecuted or to be killed."
[142] Perhaps there is a connection with Mao Zedong and the Chinese
Cultural Revolution. (SR.)
[143] Moniteur, XVIII., 51. (Letter by Carrier, Brumaire 17, year
II.) - Berryat Saint-Prix, pp.36 and 38.
[144] Berriat-Saint-Prix, 240 (The imprisoned at Brest.) -
Duchaltelier ("Brest pendant la Terreur," 205). Of the 975 prisoners,
106 were former nobles, 239 female nobles, 174 priests or monks, 206
nuns, 111 seamstresses, female workers etc, 56 were farmers, 46
artisans or workers, 17 merchants, 3 with a liberal profession. One
is imprisoned for having secret opinions" a girl, "for being witty and
laughing at the patriots."
[145] Mallet-Dupan, "Correspondance Politique." Introduction, p.
VIII. (Hamburg, 1796.)
[146] Portalis, "De la R?vision des Jugements," 1795.


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