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and later the FSB。 （SR。）
＇18＇ 〃De Bouillé；〃 p。 50： 〃All the old noble families； save two or
three hundred； were ruined。〃
＇19＇ Cf。 Doniol； 〃La Révolution et la Féodalité。〃
＇20＇ Moniteur； sitting of August 6； ！789。 Speech of Duport：
〃Whatever is unjust cannot last。 Similarly； no compensation for
these unjust rights can be maintained。〃 Sitting of February 27；
1790。 M。 Populus： 〃As slavery could not spring from a legitimate
contract； because liberty cannot be alienated； you have abolished
without indemnity hereditary property in persons。〃 Instructions and
decree of June 15…19； 1791： 〃The National Assembly has recognized in
the most emphatic manner that a man never could become the
proprietor of another man； and consequently； that the rights which
one had assumed to have over the person of the other； could not
become the property of the former。〃 Cf。 the diverse reports of
Merlin to the Committee of Feudality and the National Assembly。
＇21＇ Duvergier； 〃Collection des Lois et Décrets。〃 Laws of the 4…11
August； 1789； March 15…28； 1790； May 3…9； 1790； June 15…19； 1791。
＇22＇ Agrier percières terms denoting taxes paid in the shape of
shares of produce。 Those which follow： lods； rentes； quint； requint
belong to the taxes levied on real property。 ＇Tr。＇
＇23＇ Doniol （〃Noveaux cahiers de 1790〃）。 Complaints of the copy…
holders of Rouergues and of Quercy； pp。 97…105。
＇24＇ See further on； book III。 ch。 II。 § 4 and also ch。 III。
＇25＇ Moniteur； sitting of March 2； 1790。 Speech by Merlin： 〃The
peasants have been made to believe that the annulation of the
banalities （the obligation to use the public mill； wine…press； and
oven； which belonged to the noble） carried along with it the loss to
the noble of all these； the peasants regarding themselves as
proprietors of them。〃
＇26＇ Moniteur； sitting of June 9； ！790。 Speech of M。 Charles de
Lameth Duvergier （laws of June 19…23 1790； September 27 and
October 16； 1791）。
＇27＇ Sauzay； V。 400 …410。
＇28＇ Duvergier； laws of June 15…19； 1791； of June 18 …July 6； 1792；
of August 25…28； 1792。
＇29＇ 〃Institution du Droit Fran？ais；〃 par Argou； I。103。 （He wrote
under the Regency。） 〃The origin of most of the feoffs is so ancient
that； if the seigneurs were obliged to produce the titles of the
original concession to obtain their rents； there would scarcely be
one able to produce them。 This deficiency is made up by common
law。〃
＇30＇ Duvergier （laws of April 8…15； 1791； March 7…11； October 26；
1791； January 6…10； 1794）。 Mirabeau had already proposed to
reduce the disposable portion to one…tenth。
＇31＇ See farther on； book III； ch。 III。
＇32＇ Mercure； September 10； 1791。 Article by Mallet du Pan。 … Ibid。
October 15； 1791。
＇33＇ Should Hitler or Lenin have read and understood the
consequences of these events they would have deduced that given the
command from official sources or recognized leaders ordinary people
all over the world could easily be tempted to attack any group；
being it Jews； Protestants； Hindus or foreigners。 （SR。）
＇34＇ 〃Archives Nationales；〃 II。 784。 Letters of M。 de Langeron；
October 16 and 18； 1789。 Albert Babeau； 〃Histoire de Troyes；〃
letters addressed to the Chevalier de Poterats ； July； 1790。
〃Archives Nationales；〃 papers of the Committee on Reports； bundle 4；
letter of M。 le Belin…Chatellenot to the to the President of the
National Assembly； July 1； 1791。 Mercure； October 15； 1791。
Article by Mallet du Pan： 〃Such is literally the language of these
emigrants； I do not add a word。〃 … Ibid。 May 15； 1790。 Letter of
the Baron de Bois d'Aizy； April 29；1790； demanding a decree of
protection fur the nobles。 〃We shall know （then） whether we are
outlawed or are of any account in the rights of man written out with
so much blood； or whether； finally； no other option is left to us
but that of carrying to distant skies the remains of our property
and our wretched existence。〃
＇35＇ Mercure； October 15； 1791； and September 10； 1791。 Read the
admirable letter of the Chevalier de Mesgrigny； appointed colonel
during the suspension of the King； and refusing his new rank。
＇36＇ Cf。 the 〃Mémoires〃 of M。 de Boustaquet； a Norman gentleman。
＇37＇ Cf。 〃The Ancient Régime；〃 books I。 and II。
＇38＇ Boivin… Champeaux； 〃Notice Historique sur la Révolution dans le
Département de L'Eure；〃 the register of grievances。 In 1788； at
Rouen； there was not a single profession made by men。 In the
monastery of the Deux…Amants the chapter convoked in 1789 consisted
of two monks。 〃Archives Nationales；〃 papers of the ecclesiastic
committee； passim。
＇39＇ 〃Apologie de l'état Religieux〃 （1775）； with statistics。 Since
1768 the decline is 〃frightful。〃 〃It is easy to foresee that in ten
or twelve years most of the regular bodies will be absolutely
extinct； or reduced to a state of feebleness akin to death。〃
＇40＇ Sanzay； I。 224 （November； 1790）。 At Besan？on； out of 266
monks； 〃79 only showed any loyalty to their engements or any
affection for their calling。〃 Others preferred to abandon it；
especially all the Dominicans but five； all but one of the bare
footed Carmelites； and all the Grand Carmelites。 The same
disposition is apparent throughout the department； as； for instance；
with the Benedictines of Cluny except one； all the Minimes but
three； all the Capuchins but five； the Bernandins； Dominicans； and
Augustins； all preferring to leave。 Montalembert； 〃Les Moines
d'Occident；〃 introduction； pp。 105…164。 Letter of a Benedictine of
Saint…Germain…des…Prés to a Benedictine of Vannes。 〃Of all the
members of your congregation which come here to lodge； I have
scarcely found one capable of edifying us。 You may probably say the
same of those who came to you from our place。〃 Cf。 in the
〃Mémoires〃 of Merlin de Thionville the description of the Chartreuse
of Val St。 Pierre。
＇41＇ Ch。 Guerin； 〃Revue des Questions Historiques〃 （July 1； 1875；
April 1； 1876）。 Abbé Guettée； 〃Histoire de l'Eglise de France；〃
XII； 128。 （〃Minutes of the meeting of l'Assemblée du Clergé；〃 in
1780。） 〃Archives nationales；〃 official reports and memorandums of
the States…General in 1789。 The most obnoxious proceeding to the
chiefs of the order is the postponement of the age at which vows may
be taken； it being； in their view； the ruin of their institutions。
〃The Ancient Régime；〃 p。 403。
＇42＇ In order for a modern uninstructed non…believing reader to
understand the motivation which moved thousands of self…less
sisters and brothers to do their useful and kind work read St。
Matthew chapter 25； verses 31 to 46 where Jesus predicts how he will
sit in judgment on mankind and separate the sheep from the goats。 （SR。）
＇43＇ 〃The Ancient Régime；〃 P。33 Cf。 Guerin 〃The monastery of the
Trois…Rois； in the north of Franche…Comté； founded four villages
collected from foreign colonists。 It