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proceeded so far as to furnish a tipstaff with the order to 
clear the rooms. 
A short time before this epoch, Bailly had found him- 
self obliged to sell his house at Chaillot. The old Mayor 
of Paris then had no longer a hearth or a home in the 
great city which had been the late scene of his devotion, 
his solicitude, and his sacrifices. When this reflection 
occurred to his mind, his eyes filled with tears. 
But the grief that Bailly experienced on seeing himself 
the daily object of odious persecutions, left his patriotic 
convictions intact. Vainly did they endeavour several 
times to transform a legitimate hatred towards individ- 
uals into an antipathy towards principles. ‘They still 
remember in Brittany the debate raised, by one of these 
attempts, between our colleague and a Vendéan physi- 
cian, Dr. Blin. Never, in the season of his greatest 
popularity, did the president of the National Assembly 
express himself with more vivacity; never had he de- 
fended our first revolution with more eloquence. Not 
long since, in the same place, I pointed out to public 
attention another of our colleagues (Condorcet), who 
already under the blow of a capital condemnation, devoted 
his last moments to restore to the light of day the prin- 
ciples of eternal justice, which the fashions and the follies 
of men had but too much obscured. At a time of weak 
or interested convictions, and disgraceful capitulations 
of conscience, those two examples of unchangeable con- 
victions deserved to be remarked. I am happy in having 
found them in the bosom of the Academy of Sciences. 
Tranquillity of mind is not less requisite than vigour 
of intellect, to those who undertake great works. ‘Thus 
during his residence at Nantes, Bailly did not even try 
to add to his numerous scientific or literary productions. 
