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federation, when their hands are now linked up to form that imposing chain . ...<br />

Lambert, I do not doubt humanity, . .. nor do I doubt of Providence . .. ; but in<br />

the time in which we live, everything is sacred-even suicide! ... Woe betide the<br />

man who does not bare his head before our cadavers , for he is truly impious!<br />

Adieu. August 3, 1833, at ten o'clock in the evening." Claire Demar, Ma Loi<br />

d'avenir,12 work published posthumously by Suzanne (Paris: at the offices of La<br />

Tribune desfemnws, and in association with all marchands de nOllVeautes, 1834),<br />

pp. 8, 10-11. [U14,5]<br />

Statistics on the annual publication of newspapers, monthly periodicals, and fortnightly<br />

reviews. Included are new publications only:<br />

1833: 251 journaux 1838: 184 journaux<br />

1834: 180 1840: 146<br />

1835: 165 1841: 166<br />

1836: 151 1842: 214<br />

1837: 158 1845: 185<br />

Charles Louandre, "Statistique litteraire: De la Production intellectuelle en<br />

France depuis quinze ans," Revue des deux mondes (November 1, 1847), p. 442.<br />

[U14,6]<br />

Toussenel remarks of Enfantin that, in order to make up for his conviction in<br />

court, and to console himself for the failure of his fascination on this occasion, he<br />

turned to speculation. Toussenel provides, moreover, the following portrait of<br />

him: '<strong>The</strong>re was among them a man of godlike comportment who was named<br />

Enfantin. He was no less celehrated for the puissant maneuvers of his cue stick, in<br />

the nohle game of billiards, than for the frequency and decisiveness with which he<br />

doubled the stakes at gaming. Relying on the faith of several charming women, . ..<br />

he passed himself off as someone ideally suited to a leading role, and had himself<br />

proclaimed the Father . . . . And since it was the aftermath of the July Revolution,<br />

. . . this man did not lack for followers." A. Toussenel, Les luifs rois de<br />

!'epoqu,e, 3rd edition, ed. Gabriel de Gonet (Paris

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