rofessor in the Paris Medical Faculty is reduced
from 7000 to 6000 francs. In 1849, the maximum of all the salaries of
the Law professors is limited to 12,000 francs.]

[Footnote 6321: Read, among other biographies, "Ambroise Rendu," by Eug.
Rendu.]

[Footnote 6322: This, in France, lasted until the Communists in 1946
insisted as a price for their participation in governing France that
the right to strike for civil servants be inserted in the French
Constitution. In this way Stalin was sure to trouble France a great
deal. (SR.)]

[Footnote 6323: "Rapport sur la statistique comparee de l'enseignement
primaire," 1880, vol. II.,pp.8, 110, 206.--Law of March 15, 1850,
"Expose des motifs," by M. Beugnot.]

[Footnote 6324: "Revue des Deux Mondes," number of Aug.15, 1869, pp.
909, 911. (Article by M. Boissier.)]

[Footnote 6325: Act of Nov. 9, 1818. (Down to 1850 and after, the
University so arranged its teaching (in high school) as not to come
in conflict with the clergy on the debatable grounds of history. For
example, at the end of the 8th grade the history of the Roman Empire
after Augustus was rapidly passed over and then, in the 9th grade,
they began again with the invasion of the barbarians. The origins of
Christianity and the entire primitive history of the Christian Church
were thus avoided. For the same reason, modern history ended in 1789.]

[Footnote 6326: M. Guizot, "Memoires," vol. II.]

[Footnote 6327: An eminent university personage, a political character
and man of the world, said to me in 1850: "Pedagogy does not exist.
There are only personal methods which each finds out for himself and
eloquent phrases for effect on the public."--Breal, "Quelques mots sur
l'instruction publique" (1872), p. 300: "France produces more works on
sericiculture than on the direction of colleges; rules and a few works
already ancient suffice for us."]

[Footnote 6328: On this day the monarchy of King Louis-Phillippe
collapsed and the Republic was declared. (SR.)]

[Footnote 6329: "L'Eglise et l'Etat sous la monarchie de juillet," by
Thureau-Dangin, 481-483.]

[Footnote 6330: Law of March 15, 1850 (Report by M. Beugnot).]

[Footnote 6331: Law of March 15, 1850, art. 21.]

[Footnote 6332: Law of March 15, 1850, article 21.]

[Footnote 6333: "Ambroise Rendu et l'Universite de France," by E. Rendu,
p.128 (January, 1850). The discretionary power given to the prefects to
punish "the promoters of socialism" among the teac