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Dumont
Dumont it is well known furnished to Mirabeau the
material for some of his most splendid speeches & these
materials were mostly provided by Bentham.
On one occasion Dumont waited called on Talleyrand & while
a number of German princes covered with orders & decorations
were kept waiting, he was admitted. “It might be supposed,”
said Dumont, “we talked about matters of state. Not a word.
We only talked over the stories of our youth when we were
in London together.” Dumont had then a disorder under which
he was pining away & not expected to live. They frequently
met when he visited Chauvet.
In 1790/1 Talleyrand delivered a message asking me to
go to Paris to the Duc de Rochefoucauld. His manner
was cold, – cold as ice itself – so I asked for something
in black & white, – but he did not furnish it & I did
not go.
Lord Sidmouth stopped Dumont in the street to thank him
for his works. The English government gave him a pension
of £500 a year.
In the latter part of Bentham’s life Dumont & he were
much alienated. Bentham felt offended by some remarks made
by Dumont on the shabbiness of his dinners (the observation was
most offensively & uncalled for & could groundless) which he contrasted with those
of Lansdowne House. In April 1827 Dumont called on account Bentham who would
not see him. I took the message. “How he is changed” said D “he won’t listen to a word
from me.” Bentham refused to come down. He absolutely that loudly called out it was hard that
Dumont’s intrusion should prevent his taking a walk in his own library. "Could beat" he
said “he does not understand a word of my meaning,” he repeated.
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