The time, alas! is not yet arrived when men of worth can serve with impunity their country.

So long as the knaves rule, the defenders of liberty will be only the proscribed." For two hours, through that cold and gloomy audience, shrilled the Death-speech.

In silence it began, in silence closed.

The enemies of the orator were afraid to express resentment; they knew not yet the exact balance of power.

His partisans were afraid to approve; they knew not whom of their own friends and relations the accusations were designed to single forth.