M.Lamennais seems to be only the tool of a quasi-radical party, which flatters him in order to use him, without respect for a glorious, but hence forth powerless, old age.

What means this profession of faith?
From the first number of "L'Avenir" to "L'Esquisse d'une Philosophie," M.Lamennais always favors equality, association, and even a sort of vague and indefinite communism.

M.Lamennais, in recognizing the right of property, gives the lie to his past career, and renounces his most generous tendencies.

Can it, then, be true that in this man, who has been too roughly treated, but who is also too easily flattered, strength of talent has already outlived strength of will?
It is said that M.Lamennais has rejected the offers of several of his friends to try to procure for him a commutation of his sentence.

M.
Lamennais prefers to serve out his time.