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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...would have set him at large; he chose to expose himself to punishment, rather than pronounce that word, which would have been a falsehood. His detail of facts was given with a candour so noble, so simple, and so free from ostentation, that it affected those whom it could not convince, and conferred on him a reputation which he did not seek. His father, an advocate of character, had no share in this work; and he saw himself suddenly rivalled by his son, who had never practised at the.bar. In the mean time, persons of the first consideration resorted in crowds to visit the widow Calas in prison, where her daughters were shut up with her. They were affected even to tears. Humanity and generosity were lavish of their assistance. What is called charity afforded them none. Charity, which is so often niggardly and insulting, is the virtue of devotees, and the devotees were inimical to the family of Calas. The day at last arrived, when innocence obtained a full triumph. M. de Baquancourt having reported the procedure, and having stated the minutest circumstances of the affair, all the judges unanimously declared the family innocent; cruelly and wrongfully condemned by the parliament of Toulouse. They did justice to the memory of the father. They permitted the family immediately to commence actions against their judges, in order to be reimbursed their expenses, and obtain damages for their injuries, which the magistrates of Toulouse ought to have offered themselves. This occasioned an universal joy in Paris; people crowded the public squares and walks; they ran to behold a family which had been so cruelly injured, and so ably justified; they cheered the judges as they passed, and loaded them with benedictions. And to render the spectacle still more affecting, it was...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781231187050
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 168
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1231187050
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 313 gr


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