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The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 6 (of 6)

CHAPTER III
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the bishops and to all ecclesiastics that, in the work of education, you are simply auxiliaries, and that the object of primary instruction is above all to fortify religious instruction."] [Footnote 6313: De Riancey, "Histoire de l'instruction publique," II.,312.

(Apropos of the lectures by Guizot and Cousin, stopped by Mgr.
de Freyssinous:) "He did not believe that a Protestant and a philosopher could treat the most delicate questions of history and science with impartiality, and through a fatal effect of the monopoly he found himself placed between his conscience and the law.

On this occasion he sacrificed the law."] [Footnote 6314: Liard, ibid., p.837.After 1820, "a series of measures are passed which, little by little, give back its primitive constitution to the University and even end in incorporating it more closely with power than under the Empire."] [Footnote 6315: Here Taine describes the very principle of democratic government in a welfare state.

"Do not worry, demand and we supply, the rich will pay!!!" Taine understood and foresaw the riches which the industrial society could be made to produce but neither he nor anyone else could foresee that Human Rights should include central heating, housing, running hot and cold water, television, free health care, a car and worldwide tourism..( SR.)] [Footnote 6316: See "The Modern Regime," I., pp.183, 202.] [Footnote 6317: Maggiolo, "des Ecoles en Lorraine." (Details on several communal schools.) 3rd part, pp.

9-50 .-- Cf.


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