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re-establishment it is not much to be wondered at that the Govern- 
ment should see fit to strike out the names of two members, Carnot 
and Monge — names not more distinguished by the brilliant talent 
of their possessors, than by their connection with that of the first- 
consul Napoleon. Great as was Cauchy’s genius, aimable as was 
his disposition, it could not prevent his sharing in the general feel- 
ing of disgust and dissatisfaction at the expulsion of Monge. Con- 
nected as the latter had been with the revolution, he had raised his 
hand when in power only as a shield to protect his colleagues from 
the proscription of the Reign of Terror. To sit in his place was to 
participate in the obloquy attached to his removal. Looking at the 
matter from this distance of time, however, we cannot impute the 
slightest blame to Cauchy. He was a legitimist by conviction. In 
the depth of his ardent piety he believed that the interests of religion 
were bound up with those of the monarchy ; and as he never for a 
moment doubted the propriety of the act which placed his name on 
the roll, so he accepted the appointment without hesitation, firmly 
and conscientiously believing that it was his duty so to act. 
About the same time he was appointed a professor adjunct in the 
Ecole Poly technique. He occupied besides two other chairs. The 
lectures which he delivered are well known to the world under the 
titles of “ Cours d' Analyse Algebrique “ Lemons sur les Calculs , 
fyc.P Resume des Legons sur le Calcul Infinitesimal ,” “ Pap- 
plication de V Analyse a la Theorie des CourbesP He published 
also at this period various important memoirs, especially one on in- 
tegrals taken between imaginary limits. 
In 1826, he undertook the Herculean task of conducting and 
carrying on a scientific periodical, under the title of Exercises de 
Mathematiques, confined exclusively to his own writings. After the 
lapse of little more than four years the work had advanced into the 
fifth quarto volume, without any abatement of originality or of interest, 
when it received a sudden interruption. M. Cauchy, as we have 
said, was a warm adherent of the legitimate monarchy, and its over- 
throw was his own. Following the example of its predecessors, the 
new government demanded an oath of allegiance from all men hold- 
ing public situations. This oath appears to have made no stringent 
demands, none which a scientific man might not safely have con- 
ceded, whatever his political principles. But M. Cauchy’s conscience 
