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Bentham was originally introduced to Brissot by Dr Schwediaur.
He was a little weak man: ignorant of the world. He would establish a
Lyceum & that Lyceum consisted of M. Brissot, Madame Brissot & your
humble servant. He married having nothing to maintain a wife with.
She was a pretty French woman. His influence was due to a great fluency
in writing. He kept up a daily newspaper himself. It was a mighty
small thing – but he could be depended on, & he became the organ
of a party that could depend upon him & depend upon nobody else.
He really erected a public opinion tribunal of his own, which raised
him to be the head of his party. His conversation was not
remarkable. Poor fellow! I had occasion to mortify him more than
once, by opposing his plans. He brought me a literary project in
which one Mirza, a Persian gentleman was to shine. I did
not know it was his, and laughed at it – but he took it in good
part. Once I was sitting in a chair at one end of the room & I
said to him "Ayez la bonté de—" He said "you are not a
Frenchman & may be forgiven but a Frenchman would have said
"Voulez vous avoir la bonté—" but withal he was a good natured
gentle creature – We used to talk of terms of locution. I suggested
to say the word champ for field of thought & action, – but he
would not listen to it – it was not Français. I paid a
German £60 as far as I could go for translation Morals &
Legislation – He translated Standard "Massregel" which
Lord Glenbervie disapproved of.

One cannot forget the testimony rendered to Brissot's
integrity by Girey Dupré, the young man who presented himself as "ready
to die" before his judge – His hair cut close – his neck bare – his shirt
collar on his shoulders – his hands behind him – When asked if
he had known Brissot he answered boldly "Yes! he lived like
Aristides – he died like Sydney" & Dupré followed him to the scaffold.

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