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[ Buchez et Roux, XXXII., 385—(Address of a Jacobin deputation to the Convention, Floréal 27, year II.)—At Bayeux, the young girl who represented Liberty, had the following inscription on her breast or back: "Do not make of me an instrument of licentiousness." (Gustave Flaubert, family souvenirs.)]
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[ Buchez et Roux, XXXI., 415. (Report by Fabre d'Eglantine, October 6, 1793.)—(Grégoire, "Memoires," I., 341.) "The new calendar was invented by Romme in order to get rid of Sunday. This was his object; he admitted it to me.">[
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[ Ibid., XXXII., 274. (Report by Robespierre, Floréal 18, year II.) "National Festivals form an essential part of public education.... A system of national festivals is the most powerful means of regeneration.">[
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[ Ibid., XXXVIII., 335. Marat's heart, placed on a table in the Cordéliers Club, was an object of religious reverence.—(Grégoire, "Mémoires," I., 341.) "In some schools the pupils were obliged to make the sign of the cross at the names of Marat, Lazowski, etc.">[
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[ Comte de Martel, "Étude sur Fouché," 137. Fête at Nevers, on the inaguration of a bust of Brutus.—Ibid., 222, civic festival at Nevers in honor of valor and morals.—Dauban, "Paris en 1794." Programme of the fête of the supreme Being at Sceaux.]