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[ Merlet, ibid. (According to the papers of M. de Fontanes, II. 258.)]
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[ Id., Ibid. "Care must be taken to avoid all reaction in speaking of the Revolution. No man could oppose it. Blame belongs neither to those who have perished nor to those who survived it. It was not in any individual might to change the elements and foresee events born out of the nature of things.">[
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[ Villemain, Ibid., I., 145. (Words of M. de Narbonne on leaving Napoleon after several interviews with him in 1812.) "The Emperor, so powerful, 50 victorious is disturbed by only one thing in this world and that is by people who talk, and, in default of these, by those who think. And yet he seems to like them or, at least, cannot do without them.">[
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[ Welschinger, ibid., p.30. (Session of the Council of State, Dec.12, 1809)]
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[ Welschinger, ibid., pp.31, 33, 175, 190. (Decree of Feb.5, 1810.)—"Revue Critique," Sep. 1870. (Weekly bulletin of the general direction of publicauons for the last three months of 1810 and the first three months of 1814, published by Charles Thursot.)]