The greatest fault of the principals is their lack of religious spirit, religious zeal....

There are not more than two or three lycees in which this may be seen.

Hence the removal of the children by the parents which is attributed to political prejudices; hence the rarity of paying pupils; hence the discredit of the lycees.

In this respect opinion is unanimous."] [Footnote 6115: "Histoire du College Louis le Grand," by Esmond, emeritus censor, 1845, p.267 "Who were the assistant-teachers?
Retired subaltern officers who preserved the coarseness of the camp and knew of no virtue but passive obedience....

The age at which scholarships were given was not fixed, the Emperor's choice often falling on boys of fifteen or sixteen, who presented themselves with habits already formed out of a bad education and so ignorant that one was obliged to assign them to the lowest classes, along with children."-- Fabry, "Memoires pour servir a l'histoire de l'instruction publique depuis 1789," I., 391.
"The kernel of boarding-scholars, (holders of scholarships) was furnished by the Prytanee.