Contents

[ PREFACE By André Chevrillon. ]
[ BOOK FIFTH. THE CHURCH. ]
[ CHAPTER I. MORAL INSTITUTIONS ]
[ I. Napoleon's Objectives. ]
[ II. Napoleon's opinions and methods. ]
[ III. Dealing with the Pope. ]
[ IV. The Pope, Napoleon's employee. ]
[ V. State domination of all religion. ]
[ VI. Napoleon Executes the Concordat. ]
[ VII. System to which the regular clergy is subject. ]
[ VIII. Administrative Control. ]
[ IX. The Imperial Catechism ]
[ X. The Council of 1811.—The Concordat of 1813. ]
[ CHAPTER II. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. ]
[ I. The Catholic System. ]
[ II. The Bishops and their new Situation. ]
[ III. The new Bishop. ]
[ IV. The subordinate clergy. ]
[ CHAPTER III THE CLERGY ]
[ I. The regular clergy. ]
[ II. Evolution of the Catholic Church. ]
[ III. The Church today. ]
[ IV. Contrasting Vistas. ]
[ BOOK SIXTH. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. ]
[ CHAPTER I. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ]
[ I. Public instruction and its three effects. ]
[ II. Napoleon's Educational Instruments. ]
[ III. Napoleon's machinery. ]
[ VI. Objects and sentiments. ]
[ V. Military preparation and the cult of the Emperor. ]
[ CHAPTER II. ]
[ I. Primary Instruction. ]
[ II. Higher Education. ]
[ III. On Science, Reason and Truth. ]
[ IV. Napoleon's stranglehold on science. ]
[ V. On Censorship under Napoleon. ]
[ CHAPTER III. EVOLUTION BETWEEN 1814 AND 1890. ]
[ I. Evolution of the Napoleonic machine. ]
[ II. Educational monopoly of Church and State. ]
[ III. Internal Vices ]
[ IV. Cramming and Exams Compared to Apprenticeship ]
[ V. Public instruction in 1890. ]
[ VI. Summary. ]

After Taine's death in March 1893, his nephew André
Chevrillon arranged his last manuscripts on the Church
and Education for publication and wrote the following
introduction which also tells us much about Taine and
his works.

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