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this same text with reference to Saint-Simon: There, perhaps, lies the truth."
I-Ionort de Balzac, Critiqu.e Iitteraire, ed. Louis Lumet (Paris, 1912), pp. 58, 60
(""Le Feuilleton des journaux politiques"). [U12a,8]
The immediate cause for the schism among the Saint-Simonians was Enfantin's
doctrine of tl,e emancipation of the flesh. To this was added the fact that others,
like Pierre Leroux, had earlier already bridled at holding public confession.
[U13,1]
The Saint-Simonians had little sympathy for democracy. [U13,2]
The press under Charles X: "The newspapers did not sell single copies to individuals.
Newspapers were read only by suhscribers, and suhscription was expensive. It
was a luxury in fact, reserved for the nobility and the haute hourgeoisie. The total
numher of copies rose in 1824 to only 56,000 (of which 4.1,000 were for the
opposition newspapers)." Charles Seignohos, Histoire sincere de Ia nation
fra1U;aise (Paris, 1933), pp. 411-412. Over and above that, the newspapers had to
pay large deposits. [U13,3]
Girardin, as editor of La Presse, introduces advertisements, feuilletons, and sales
of single copies. [U13,4]
"Newspaper salesmen have great difficulty procuring their stock. In order to get
their supply, they have to stand in line-in the street, no less!-for part of the
night." Paris sous la Republique de 1848: Exposition de Ia Bibliotheque et des
Travau.x histol'iques de La Ville de Paris (1909), p. 43. [U13,5]
Around 1848, the Cafe Chantant opens up: The founder is Morel. [U13,6]
Picture sheets: "Occupations of the Saint-Simonian Ladies According to Theil'
Capacities" (Imagerie populaire, 1832). Colored prints, in which red, green, and
yellow predominate: "'Saint-Simonian Ladies Preaching the Doctrine," "This
Bouquet Cannot Be Too Beautiful for Our Brother," I,Saint Simonienne Dreaming
of the Hunt," and so forth. Illustrations in Henry-Rene d'Allemagne. Les Saint­
Simoniens, .1827-1 837 (Paris, 1930), opposite p. 228. A pendant to this: 'Functions
of the Apostles of Menil-Montant According to Their Capacity" (illustration,
ibid., opposite p. 392). See in this context (ibid. ? opposite p. 296) the etiquette for
launching a food it.em: "'Liquor of the Saint-Simonians." A group of Enfantin's
disciples; at center, Enfantin and the Republic waving a tricolored Hag. Everyone
raises a glass. [U13,7]
In 1831, Bazard, Chevalier, and a few others refuse, as members of the "clergy" of
the Saint-Simonian church, to serve in the Garde Nationale. Twenty-foul' hours'
imprisonment. [U13,8]