The names which were found there reveal, from the first days, extreme opinions.

For these opinions, the constitution of 1791 was only a halt.
It was on the 20th February, 1791, that Madame Roland returned to that Paris which she had quitted five years before, a young girl, unknown and nameless, and whither she came as a flame to animate an entire party, found a republic, reign for a moment, and--die! She had in her mind a confused presentiment of this destiny.

Genius and Will know their strength,--they feel before others and prophesy their mission.

Madame Roland had beforehand seemed carried on by hers to the heart of action.
She hastened on the day after her arrival to the sittings of the Assembly.

She saw the powerful Mirabeau, the dazzling Cazales, the daring Maury, the crafty Lameth, the impassive Barnave.