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[ "The Revolution," III., 310. (Laff. II. pp. 178-179.)]
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[ They called themselves exclusives under the Directory.—Cf. "The Revolution, II.", 23, 187, 196, 245, 297-303, 340-351, 354; book III., ch, 2 and 3, and book IV. (Ed. Laff. I. pp. 582, 701, pp. 709-710, 745, 782-787, 821-823 and in Vol. II. pp. 131-167, pp. 167-215 and pp 311-357.)]
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[ The declaration of Human Rights in 1789 stated that: "art. 1st, § 5. Tous les citoyens sont egalement admissible aux emplois publics. Les peuples ne connaissent d'autres motifs de préference, dans élections, que les vertus et les talents." Virtue in French is virtue in English while talent in French must be translated as being both talent and skill. (SR.)]
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[ Madame de Rémusat, passim.—Roederer, III., 538 (January 1809). (Words of Napoleon) "I took a few of the old court into my household. They remained two years without speaking to me and six months without seeing me... I don't like them—they are no good for anything—their conversation is disagreeable to me.">[
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[ Napoléon, "Mémoires.">[