"His eloquence was nothing but diffusive declamation without order or method, and especially with no conclusions.

Every time he spoke we were obliged to ask him what he was driving at.....

Never did he propose any remedy.

He left the task of finding expedients to others, and especially to Danton."] [Footnote 3184: Buchez et Roux, XXXIII., 437, 438, 440, 442.

(Speech by Robespierre, Thermidor 8, year II.)] [Footnote 3185: Ibid., XXX., 225, 226, 227, 228 (Speech, Nov.