[93] Buchez et Roux， XXXII.， 364 (Report by Robespierre， Floréal 8， year II.)[94] Buchez et Roux， XXXII.， 385 - (Address of a Jacobin deputation to the Convention， Floréal 27， year II.) - At Bayeux， the young girl who represented Liberty， had the following inscription on her breast or back： "Do not make of me an instrument of licentiousness." (Gustave Flaubert， family souvenirs.)[95] Buchez et Roux， XXXI.， 415. (Report by Fabre d'Eglantine， October 6， 1793.) - (Grégoire， "Memoires，" I.， 341.) "The new calendar was invented by Romme in order to get rid of Sunday. This was his object； he admitted it to me."[96] Ibid.， XXXII.， 274. (Report by Robespierre， Floréal 18， year II.) "National Festivals form an essential part of public education.... A system of national festivals is the most powerful means of regeneration."[97] Ibid.， XXXVIII.， 335. Marat's heart， placed on a table in the Cordéliers Club， was an object of religious reverence. - (Grégoire， "Mémoires，" I.， 341.) "In some schools the pupils were obliged to make the sign of the cross at the names of Marat， Lazowski， etc."[98] Comte de Martel， "étude sur Fouché，" 137. Fête at Nevers， on the inaguration of a bust of Brutus. - Ibid.， 222， civic festival at Nevers in honor of valor and morals. - Dauban， "Paris en 1794."Programme of the fête of the supreme Being at Sceaux.
[99] An expression by Rabaut Saint-Etienne.
[100] Ibid.， XXXII.， 373 (Report by Robespierre， Floréal 15， year II.)- Danton had expressed precisely the same opinion， supported by the same arguments， at the meeting of Frimaire 22， year II. (Moniteur， XVIII， 654.) "Children first belong to the Republic before belonging to their parents. Who will assure me that these children， inspired by parental egoism， will not become dangerous to the Republic？ What do we care for the ideas of an individual alongside of national ideas？ ...
Who among us does not know the danger of this constant isolation？ It is in the national schools that the child must suck republican milk！
.... The Republic is one and indivisible. Public instruction must likewise relate to this center of unity."[101] Decree of Vendémaire 30 and Brumaire 7， year II. - Cf. Sauzay， VI.， 252， on the application of this decree in the provinces.
[102] Albert Duruy， 2L'Instruction publique et la Revolution，2 164， to 172 (extracts from various republican spelling-books and catechisms).
- Decree of Frimaire 29， year II.， section I.， art. I， 83； section II.， art. 2； section III.， arts. 6 and 9.
[103] Moniteur， XVIII.， 653. (Meeting of Frimaire 22， speech by Bouquir， reporter.)[104] Moniteur， XVIII.， 351-359. (Meeting of Brumaire 15， year II.， report by Chénier.) "You have made laws - create habits. . . . You can apply to the public instruction of the nation the same course that Rousseau follows in 'Emile.' "[105] The words of Bouquier， reporter. (Meeting of Frimaire 22， year II.)[106] Buchez et Roux， XXIV， 57 (Plan by Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau， read by Robespierre at the Convention， July 13， 1793.) - Ibid.， 35.
(Draft of a decree by the same hand.)
[107] Ibid.， XXX.， 229. ("Institutions，" by Saint-Just.)[108] Buchez et Roux， XXXI.， 261. (Meeting of Nivose 17.) On the committee presenting the final draft of the decrees on public instruction the Convention adopts the following article： "All boys who， on leaving the primary schools of instruction， do not devote themselves to tillage， will be obliged to learn some science， art or occupation useful to society. Otherwise， on reaching twenty， they will be deprived of citizens' rights for ten years， and the same penalty will be laid on their father， mother， tutor or guardian."[109] Decree of Prairial 13， year II.