4 io GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND 



made the whole city his orphan. He died in the presence of 

 the busts of Voltaire and Rousseau, was buried like a Quaker 

 in a Catholic yard, without ritual, and the freemasons marched 

 for him, their grand treasurer. No clergyman attended his 

 funeral, but the wealth he accumulated was the national 

 religion, and he remains our greatest financier. 



