(Narrated by Prieur.) "Often when hurriedly eating a bit of dry bread at the Committee table, Barere with a jest, brought a smile on our lips."] [Footnote 3275: Veron, II., 14.-Arnault, II., 74 .-- Cf., passim, "Memoires de Barere," and the essay on Barere by Macaulay.] [Footnote 3276: Vilate, Barere Edition, 184, 186, 244.

"Fickle, frank, affectionate, fond of society, especially that of women, in quest of luxuries and knowing how to spend money."-- Carnot, II.511.In Prieur's eyes, Barere was simply "a good fellow."] [Footnote 3277: Moniteur, XXI., 173.

(Justification of Joseph Lebon and "his somewhat harsh ways.") "The Revolution is to be spoken of with respect, and revolutionary measures with due regard.

Liberty is a virgin, to raise whose veil is a crime."-- And again: "The tree of Liberty grows when watered with the blood of tyrants."] [Footnote 3278: Moniteur, XX., 580, 582, 583, 587.--"Campagnes de la Revolution Francaise dans les Pyrenees-Orientales," by Fervel, II., 36 and following pages .-- General Dugommier, after the capture of Toulouse, spared the English general O'Hara, taken prisoner in spite of the orders of the Convention.

and received the following letter from the committee of Public Safety.