A rumor that he had committed suicide was circulated, but the evidence of trustworthy witnesses, including a physician, effectually contradicts this accusation.

His remains, first interred in the Ile des Peupliers, were, after the Revolution, removed to the Pantheon.

In later times the Government of Geneva made some reparation for their harsh treatment of a famous citizen, and erected his statue, modelled by his compatriot, Pradier, on an island in the Rhone.
"See nations, slowly wise and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust." November, 1896.
S.W.

ORSON.
THE CONFESSIONS OF J.J.

ROUSSEAU.