2264 ([return])
[ Moniteur, sitting of June 3,1792. Speech of M. Bernard, in the name of the committee of Public Assistance: "Not a day passes in which we do not receive the saddest news from the departments on the penury of their hospitals."—Mercure de France, December 17, 1791, sitting of December 5. A number of deputies of the Department of the North demand aid for their hospitals and municipalities. Out of 480,000 livres revenue there remains 10,000 to them. "The property of the Communes is mortgaged, and no longer affords them any resources. 280,000 persons are without bread.">[
2265 ([return])
[ Sauzay, I. 252 (December 3, 1790. April 13, 1791).]
2266 ([return])
[ Moniteur, sitting of June 1, 1790. Speeches by Camus, Treilhard, etc.]
2267 ([return])
[ But on the assumption that all religion has been invented by human beings for their own comfort or use, then what would be more natural than clever rulers using their power to influence the religious authorities to their own advantage. (SR.)]
2268 ([return])
[ Ultramontane: Extreme in favoring the Pope's supremacy. (SR.)]