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. 
