(An account given by Charles Choderlos de Laclos, who was then at La Fleche.] [Footnote 6128: Pelet de la Lozere, ibid., pp.162, 163.167.

(Speeches by Napoleon to the Council of State, sessions of Feb.

10, March 1, 11 and 20, April 7, and May 21 and 29, 1806.)] [Footnote 6129: Napoleon himself said this: "I want a corporation, not of Jesuits whose sovereign is in Rome, but Jesuits who have no other ambition but to be useful and no other interest but the public interest."] [Footnote 6130: This intention is formally expressed in the law.

(Decree of March 17, 1808, art.

30.) "Immediately after the formation of the imperial university, the order of rank shall be followed in the appointment of functionaries, and no one can be assigned a place who has not passed through the lowest.