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the uniform of Poly technicians, seeking to usurp the latter's influence. The best
way to recognize them, according to Bosquet, was to ask them the difforential qf
sine x or qf log x; 'if they respond appropriately, they are former students; if not,
we have them jailed:" G. Pinet, Histoire de l'Ecole poly technique (Paris, 1887),
p. 187. Disturbances took place in connection with the trial against the ministers
of Charles X. G Pinet adds : "In supporting the interests of the bourgeoisie, those
with republican convictions seemed to fear they would be accused of deserting
the cause of the people" (p. 187). In a further proclamation, the school came out
decisively in favor of universal suffrage. [V 4a,1]
"The students go to their student societies, whether publicly or secretly organized,
to get the watchword of the day . . . . There, they learn what actions are being
planned . . . . With all this going on, the Ecole Poly technique has begun to view
itself as a fourth estate within the nation . ... It was the moment when the Republican
party, which counted in its ranks the artillery of the Garde Nationale, the
student, the proletariat, the worker, and the veteran of July, resumed . . . its
activity; the moment when popular societies-like Les Amis du Peuple, Les Droits
de l'Homme, and La Gauloise-were recruiting heavily; the moment when the
Garde Nationale failed to maintain the peace; when the Saint-Simonians threatened
to unsettle the order of society; ... and when . .. Le National and La Tribu.ne
waged a daily struggle against those in power. G. Pinet, Histoire de l'Ecole
poly technique (Paris, 1887), Pl'. 192-193. [V4a,2]
During the cholera epidemic, the government was accused of having poisoned the
fountains. For example, in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. [V4a,3]
"Young people in the schools had adopted the red beret; and members of the secret
societies looked forward to the next tinte, when the national razor would be well
honed." Charles Louandre, Les Idees subversives de notre temps (Paris , 1872),
1'. 85. [V4a,4]
"TI,e secret societies of the democrats were cbauvinistic. They wanted international
propaganda for the republic by means of war. [V.5,1]
Response afterward made by a prisoner before the Court of Peers: I 'Who was
your chief?' I '1 knew none, and I recognized none. m Victor Hugo, Oeuvres completes,
novels, vol. 8 (Paris, 1881) p. 4,7 (Les Miserables, "'Faits d'Oll l'histoire
sort et que l'histoire ignore" ). 7 [V5,2]
"From time to time, men 'disguised as bourgeois, and in fine coats' came, causing
embarrassment,' and, having the air 'of command,' gave a grip of the hand to the
most important, and went away. They never stayed more than ten minutes." Victor
Hugo, Oeuvres compwtes, novels, vol. 8 (Paris, 1881L pp. 42--43 (Les
Miserables, " Faits d'ou l'histoire sort et que l'lristoire ignore"). g [VS,3]