, 1816), vol. I., p. 152.]

[Footnote 6162: "Ambroise Rendu et l'Universite de France," by E. Rendu
(1861), pp. 25 and 26. (Letter of the Emperor, Floreal 3, year XIII, and
report by Fourcroy.)]

[Footnote 6163: "Recueil," etc., by de Beauchamp, I., 151. (Report to
the Corps Legislatif by Fourcroy, May 6, 1806.)]

[Footnote 6164: "Proces-verbaux et papiers" (manuscripts) of the
superior council of the University, session of March 12, 1811, note by
the Emperor communicated by the Grand-Master: "The Grand-Master will
direct that in all boarding-schools and institutions which may come into
existence, the pupils shall wear a uniform, and that everything shall go
on as in the lycees according to military discipline." In the decree in
conformity with this, of Nov. 15, 1811, the word military was omitted,
probably because it seemed too crude; but it shows the thought
behind it, the veritable desire of Napoleon.--Quicherat," Histoire de
Sainte-Barbe," III., 126. The decree was enforced "even in the smallest
boarding-schools."]

[Footnote 6165: Testimony of Alfred de Vigny in "Grandeur et Servitude
militaires." Same impression of Alfred de Musset in his "Confession d'un
enfant du siecle."]

[Footnote 6166: Quicherat, ibid., p.126.]

[Footnote 6167: "The Modern Regime," I. (Laff. I. p. 550.)]

[Footnote 6168: Hermann Niemeyer, ibid., I., 153.]

[Footnote 6169: "Travels in France," etc., II.,123. (Testimony of a
French gentleman.) "The rapid destruction of population in France caused
constant promotions, and the army became the career which offered the
most chances. It was a profession for which no education was necessary
and to which all had access. There, Bonaparte never allowed merit to go
unrecognized."]

[Footnote 6170: Veron, "Memoires d'un bourgeois de Paris," I., 127 (year
1806).]

[Footnote 6171: Guizot, ibid., pp.59 and 61.--Fabry, "Memoires pour
servir a l'histoire de l'instruction publique," III., 102. (On the
families of these favorites and on the means made use of to obtain these
scholarships.)--Jourdain, "le Budget de l'instruction publique (1857)",
p. 144.--In 1809, in the 36 lycees, there are 9,068 pupils, boarding
and day scholars, of whom 4,199 are boursiers. In 1811, there are 10,926
pupils, of whom 4,008 are boursiers. In 1813, there are 14,992
pupils, of whom 3,500 are boursiers. At the same epoch, in private
establishments, there are 30,000 pupils.]

[Footnote 6172: Fabry, ibid., II.,391 (1819)