Are you a young and generous spirit, like Deschanel; a sane and upright intellect, like Despois; a serious and powerful mind, like Jacques; an eminent writer, a popular historian, like Michelet--take the oath, or die of hunger.
They refuse! The darkness and silence, in which they stoically seek refuge, know the rest.
IV CURIOSITIES OF THE BUSINESS All morality is denied by such an oath, the cup of shame drained to the dregs, all decency outraged.

There is no reason why one should not see unheard-of things, and one sees them.

In some towns, Evreux for example, the judges who have taken the oath sit in judgment on the judges who have refused it;[1] dishonour seated on the bench places honour at the bar; the sold conscience "reproves" the upright conscience; the courtesan lashes the virgin.
[1] The President of the Tribunal of Commerce at Evreux refused to take the oath.

Let us listen to the _Moniteur_: "M.

Verney, late President of the Tribunal of Commerce at Evreux, was cited to appear, on Thursday last, before the correctional judges of Evreux, on account of facts that took place on the 29th of April last, within the consular auditory.
"M.