No barbarous humanity! The people are aroused, the people are avenging the crimes of the past three years."-- Her son, a sort of raw, sentimental Puritan, fond of bloodshed, was one of Robespierre's most active agents.

He remembered what he had done, as is evident by Michelet's narrative, and cast his eyes down, well knowing that his present philanthropy could not annihilate past acts.] [Footnote 3233: Archives Nationales, AF.II., 46.

Register of the Acts of the Committee of Public Safety, vol.II., orders of August 3, 1793.] [Footnote 3234: On the concentration and accumulation of business, cf.
Archives Nationales, ibid., acts of Aug.

4, 5, 6, 1793; and AF.II., 23, acts of Brumaire I and 15, year II .-- On the distribution and dispatch of business in the Committee and the hours devoted to it, see Acts of April 6, June 13, 17, 18, Aug.

3, 1793, and Germinal 27, year II .-- After August 3, two sessions were held daily, from 8 o'clock in the morning to 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and from 7 to 10 o'clock in the evening; at 10 o'clock, the Executive Council met with the Committee of Public Safety, and papers were signed about 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning .-- The files of AF.II., 23 to 42, contain an account of the doings of the Committee, the minutes of its meetings and of its correspondence.