LIEUT. AUDUBON, REVOLUTIONIST 89 



like the blast of a hurricane, dreadful for a time, when 

 calm almost instantly returned." 



Though passionate at times, Jean Audubon was a 

 man of force and decision, as his career amply shows. 

 If he does not loom large in the history of his time or 

 was but little known beyond the limits of his province, 

 it must be remembered that the time called forth thou- 

 sands of the ablest men of his nation. 



