[282] Insubordinate female children are confided by the government to the care of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, in their vast establishment at Angers, where they are subject to rules similar to those at Mettray, and with at least an equal success.
[283] The chapel is so constructed that, though each individual is in full view of the altar and the priests, not one of the recluses can have even a glimpse of another. Two brothers once passed some time in this house, and neither was aware of the proximity of the other.
[284] The speeches on the Primacy and Infallibility of the Roman Pontiff have exceeded in length those delivered on the preceding subjects, their average duration having been forty-three minutes up to the present date, June 2d.
[285] 1. Hereditary Genius, its Laws and its Consequences. By Francis Galton, F.R.S., etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1870. 8vo, pp. 390. 2. Hereditary Genius. An Analytical Review. From the Journal of Psychological Medicine, April, 1870. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1870. 8vo, pp. 19.
[286] "Mater Antonia portentum eum hominis dictabat; nec absolutum à naturâ, sed tantum inchoatum; ac si quem socordiæ argueret, stultiorem aiebat filio suo Claudio." Sueton. in Claud. s. 3.
[287] Bascle de Lagrèze, Conseiller à la Cour Impérial de Pau, Chronique de la Ville et du Chateau de Lourdes.
[288] The Ordo of the diocese of Tarbes for 1858, Feb. 12, contains the rubric, Sanctæ Genovefæ, (Proprium Tarbense.)
[289] These two persons are still living. Unless the contrary be expressly stated, all those named in the course of this work are still alive, and can be questioned. We would urge our readers to examine and verify all our assertions.—The Author.
[290] Thus designated in the royal almanacs from 1762 to 1768. His successor in the office of general secretary to the "Swiss Grisons" was the Abbé Barthélemy, author of Le Jeune Anacharsis.
[291] These expressions are copied from the letter of General Berruyer, "Gouverneur des Invalides," announcing to the minister the death of the commissary.