de Chateaubriand composed his address with a good deal of skill; he evidently did not wish to offend any of his colleagues without even excepting Napoleon.
He lauded with great eloquence the fame of the Emperor and exalted the grandeur of republican sentiments." In explanation of and excusing his silence and omissions regarding his regicide predecessor, he likened Chenier to Milton and remarked that, for forty years, the same silence had been observed in England with reference to Milton.] [Footnote 6241: Edmond Leblanc, "Napoleon 1ere et ses institutions civiles eL administratives," pp.

225-233 .-- Annuaire de l'Institut for 1813] [Footnote 6242: Law of Oct.

25, 1795, and act of Jan.

23, 1803.] [Footnote 6243: Roederer, III., 548 .-- Id., III., 332 (Aug.

2, 1801).] [Footnote 6244: Welschinger, "La Censure sous le premier Empire," p.440.
(Speech by Napoleon to the Council of State, Dec.20, 1812.)--Merlet, "Tableau de la litterature francaise de 1800 a 1815," I., 128.