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withmostofth��yhavent��eventssoonpr��the stately order, the devotion and charity which filled the lives of the sisters de noailles; the absorbing passion for her art which made the happiness, [282] the safety, and the renown of louise vig��e, were not for t��r��zia. her very talents were an additional danger and temptation, for they increased the attraction of her extraordinary beauty; and in the set of which her friends were composed there could be no principles of right and wrong, because there was no authority to determine them. for if god did not exist at all, or only as a colourless abstraction, then the words ��right�� and ��wrong�� meant nothing, and what, in that case, was to regulate people��s lives? why not injure their neighbours if it were convenient to themselves to do so? why should they tell the truth if they preferred to tell lies? to some it would seem noble to forgive their enemies; to others it would seem silly. to some, family affection and respect for parents would appear an indispensable virtue; to others an exploded superstition. it was all a matter of opinion; who was to decide when one man��s opinion was as good as another? but, however such theories might serve to regulate the lives of a few dreamy, cold-blooded philosophers occupied entirely with their studies and speculations, it seems difficult to understand that any one could really believe in the possibility of their controlling the average mass of human beings; who, if not restrained by the fear of a supernatural power which they believe able to protect, reward, or punish them, are not likely to be influenced by the exhortations of those who can offer them no such inducements. nevertheless, these ideas were very prevalent until napoleon, who regarded them with contempt, declared that without religion no [283] government was possible, and, whether he believed in it or not, re-established christianity.��tobidgo��tnamesinfr��dversaryas��urnitu��mthepalace,����ndexciteme��ltogeth����
��mme. le brun returned home, but dared not stay there, so she accepted the invitation of her brother��s father-in-law, m. de rivi��re, in whose house she thought she would be safe, as he was a foreign minister. she stayed there a fortnight, treated as if she were a daughter of the house, but she had resolved to get out of france before it was too late.��then she knew that the worst had happened, and with a terrible cry she threw herself into her father��s [244] arms, and with tears and sobs wished she had been in the place of her sister.����������if she had not got away in time there can be no [83] doubt as to what would have been her fate; fortunately her fears made her act with prudence. m. brongniart, the architect, and his wife, friends of hers, seeing her so pale and altered, persuaded her to go and stay with them for a few days at the invalides, where they had rooms; she gladly accepted and was taken there by a doctor attached to the palais royal, whose servants wore the orl��ans livery, the only one that was now respected, and in whose carriage she consequently arrived safely. her kind friends nursed and tried to comfort her; made her take bordeaux and soup as she could eat nothing, and tried to reassure her, being amongst those who did not believe in the perils to come. it was no use. when they went out they heard the threats and violent talk of the mob, and the discussions they held with each other; by no means calculated to give comfort to those who were listening.��
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