(1892), pp. 327, 341.--Liard, "Universites et Facultes," p.13 et seq.]

[Footnote 6232: Act of Jan.23, 1803, for the organization of the
Institute.]

[Footnote 6233: Voltaire's "Essai sur les moeurs" is of 1756; "L'Esprit
des Lois" by Montesquieu also, in 1754, and his "Traite des Sensations."
The "Emile" of Rousseau is of 1762; the "Traite de la formation
mecanique des langues," by de Brosses, is of 1765; the "Physiocratie" by
Quesnay appeared in 1768, and the "Encyclopedie" between 1750 and 1765.]

[Footnote 6234: On the equal value of the testing process in moral and
physical sciences, David Hume, in 1737, stated the matter decisively in
his "Essay on Human Nature." Since that time, and particularly since the
"Compte-rendu" by Necker, but especially in our time, statistics have
shown that the near or remote determining motives of human action are
powers (Grandeurs) expressed by figures, interdependent, and which
warrant, here as elsewhere, precise and numerical foresight.]

[Footnote 6235: What an impression Taine's description of Napoleon's
set-up must have had on Hitler, Lenin and, possibly Stalin and their
successors. (SR.)]

[Footnote 6236: Cf. Liard, "L'Enseignement superieur en France," vol.
I., in full.--Also the law of Brumaire 3, year Iv. (Oct.25, 1795), on
the primitive organization of the Institute.]

[Footnote 6237: Decree of Jan. 23, 1803.]

[Footnote 6238: Decree of March 21, 1816]

[Footnote 6239: "Correspondance de Napoleon," letters to M. de
Champagny, Dec.13, 1805, and Jan. 3, 1806. "I see with pleasure the
promise made by M. de Lalande and what passed on that occasion."]

[Footnote 6240: De Segur, "Memoires," III., 457.--"M. de Chateaubriand
composed his address with a good deal of skill; he evidently did not
wish to offend any of his colleagues without even excepting Napoleon.
He lauded with great eloquence the fame of the Emperor and exalted the
grandeur of republican sentiments." In explanation of and excusing his
silence and omissions regarding his regicide predecessor, he likened
Chenier to Milton and remarked that, for forty years, the same silence
had been observed in England with reference to Milton.]

[Footnote 6241: Edmond Leblanc, "Napoleon 1ere et ses institutions
civiles eL administratives," pp. 225-233.--Annuaire de l'Institut for
1813]

[Footnote 6242: Law of Oct. 25, 1795, and act of Jan. 23, 1803.]

[Footnote 6243: Roederer, III., 548.--Id., III., 332 (Aug. 2, 1801).