The things we do!

) - De
Dampmartin, "Ev?nements qui se sont pass?s sous mes yeux,"etc., 155.
[7] One may imagine the impression Taine's description made upon the
thousands of political science students and others in the years
after this book was printed and widely sold all over Europe. (SR.)
[8] Sauzay, I. 202.
[9] Albert Babeau, ib. I, 339 - De Ferri?res, II, 92.
[10] "Archives Nationales," H. 1453, Correspondence of M. de
Bercheney, May 23, 1790.
[11] "Archives Nationales," ibid, May 13, 1790. "M. de la
Rifaudi?re was dragged from his carriage and brought to the guard-
house, which was immediately filled with people, shouting, 'To the
lamp post, the aristocrat!' - The fact is this: after his having
repeatedly shouted Vive le Roi et la Nation! They wanted him to
shout Vive la Nation! alone, upon which he gave Vive la Nation tant
qu'elle pourra." - At Blois, on the day of the Federation, a mob
promenades the streets with a wooden head covered with a wig, and a
placard stating that the aristocrats must be decapitated.


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