Scarcely out of his childhood, he had the happiness of saving the life of three citizens, at the peril of his own.

The city of Vendome decreed to him a civic crown.
Unhappy child! is that indeed the last which thy race shall obtain ?" The applause which constantly interrupted, and for a long time followed this discourse, after the orator had concluded, proved that the idea of a revolutionary dynasty already tempted some imaginations, and that if there existed no faction of Orleans, at least it was not without a leader.

Robespierre, who no less detested a dynastic faction than the monarchy itself, saw with terror this symptom of a new power which appeared in the distant horizon.

"I remark," he replied, "that there is too much reference to individuals, and not enough to the national interest.

It is not true that we seek to degrade the relations of the king: there is no design to place them beneath other citizens--we wish to separate them from the people by an honourable distinction.