Cardinal Manning the Decay of Idealism in France the Institute of France Thre
Cardinal Manning the Decay of Idealism in France the Institute of France Thre
J E C John Edward Courtenay Bodley
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The idealistic philosophers who prepared the way for the French Revolution were not ascetics. The chief of them, Jean-Jacques, might have lived longer had he been more austere.^ The Directory was a government of idealists, who celebrated the 1 Recent researches point to the probability of the assassination of Rousseau by his companion Therese Levasseur, on July 2, 1778. For years the cause of his death has interested and puzzled experts. M. Berthelot, who examined his skull at the Pantheon in 1...897, dis- carded the theory of suicide, but was perplexed. M. Jules Lemaitre, five years ago, inclined to the old theory of death from natural causes. Now we have an elaborate inquest undertaken by Dr. Julien Raspail, who, by a long chain of circumstantial evidence, seems to have a strong case that Jean-Jacques was shot by Therese. The doctor's arguments have converted M. Andr6 Beaunier the eminent critic, who has paid much attention to the subject. It is a pity that we cannot have the mystery of Gambetta's death — the circum- stances of which were somewhat similar — cleared up while some of his friends are still alive.
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