I recollect having dwelt on several points which appeared to me to be very important, and which were in their spirit hostile to aristocratic principles.

For example, I informed his Majesty that the daughters of distinguished and wealthy individuals and those of the humble and obscure mingled indiscriminately in the establishment.

'If,' said I, 'I were to observe the least pretension on account of the rank or fortune of parents, I should immediately put an end to it.

The most perfect equality is preserved; distinction is awarded only to merit and industry.
The pupils are obliged to cut out and make all their own clothes.

They are taught to clean and mend lace; and two at a time, they by turns, three times a week, cook and distribute food to the poor of the village.