, 1874-08-09
1tur1ts

Jean Paul Marat, who il py far the moat loath-
| some character LII the French revolution. AMI
| who will i've as the type lncarnate OF rabld
| Journalism. was, lks J., J. Rousseau, Swiss.
De vas burn in it'll. aud it adds much to hr
! guilt that he recelved a superior education aud
posseascd natural abilities OF high order. 1t II
lair to add, however, tha1 his talents and 1earD-
ing subjected hlm Ut the outset Of his
| ing medicine ara obtaining N appoint.
| mrut as Doctor to the Count OF Artois'
| grooms he oduicted himself to researches III
| natural sc,ence, and published several os-ays on
| tue theory IT AG Ght- These taFe's lad the
| h.nor Of beng .cyiew ed aud ~arulv praised BY
Volta.re but they upset all the l,otions Oh light
| ~hlch were le oy tue Academy OF Sciences,
aud that learned body instantly fell foul OF the
iuuuyator. He was f.ieudlc-s, poor, and irrlta~
bit he wrote OF the Academy With cootempf, al1d,
above ALL Lis theories we're th1 trua oLed- 1Aese
were reasous enough to draw on hum hostility Of
a very active kind and tile Institute Ut France,
Which was powerful corFol at1on, refuted MN
nasplea1y. aud then set Influences at WORK 70
urlve him from tho country. Alaiat "as OF SICILY
health and Of soui temper; seen private 8or-
row, resulting from 3 misplaced attachment,
added 70 hsH innate moroseness SO that ho was
in every manner unit to bear up eeteuely utdcr
perseruion. He went OF TO England aud Ieut
ten ye4rB IN Loudon, lodging III Fleet street !;
al ter tLls he divided i couple OF years between
Edlnburg and Dublin, and then he visited Ho!-
land. pic1ipg up all tie while ptecaEous susie.
nance doctor, tutor. Translator, ard author.
ln 1883 tho outbreak u the Ievolutlon
the fresh stores Of learnlng and
experience lie had acquired during his exile, and
bent upon starting newspaper, hEe otherclever
men. Mar1t differed flom other men, lhoash,
in this respect, that from the first he had Rclear
perception Of hs object. aud pursued it to the
last undeviatingIy. His ideas OF reform we're
never clogced by the wish to ape Englsn
coustit1tlonaiisna. for he detcsted Englsnd. he
deei1 ed radical Republic; and though hls first
Journal LIE Pudllcaste Pa'1s1en, MAS couched
In moderate terms, it's logic was 30 trenchant
aud l.s drift 30 evident that even the most zeal
GUS Deputee Of the third estate took odense At
it az going ia1 beyond nhat they asplrcd TO: and
as calculated to do their cause an injury. It vas
the distinctive trait Of Marats genius thas Ne
could not write line but attracted attention.
HIS scholarship WIS SO deep, and his style conse-
ouently 80 pure and strong, his knowledge Of lne
teop1e's grievances was so thorough. aud bis
perseye1anee in the aims he was pursuing so
relentless, that the writings o. osher men pace
beside his. And now imagine france
Given over to the gazrulons Convention.
ia which there WAS not . man who clear
" knew what he wauted save thls one,
Iarat. Forty-eight years old at tins oate
Na,at WAS less than feet hugh, and had mead
enormously disp1opol tionats to tue size OF n!s
hody. The upper part Of his face VAS handsome
hut the lower part, beginning with the nose, Was
That of Wild benst. foe nose was flat and large,
with uos1rlls that quivered; the moutn huee, anu
FLIED WITH bacf ssesd teeth Tue tS sfgDas
Of or seseral days growth: Naturally une'ean in his
psrBon, Mar2t cultivated sloyenllnesst tof the pus
bose ofinspuing greaterconhdence to the dregs Of
the populace. He seldom wore nat, out covered
his head with q twisted handkerchief, red. yell
low, Low an and greasy. His luen was worse than
dingy, his shoes stringless, his stockings torn
snd down at heel, and his brown coat covered
With stains, ink-splashes. and fakes Of dIlea
mud. In constant terror OF bis life, he never
ventured out alone, but WAS always attended by
tattered mob of ruiisns who called themselves
hia body. guard, and piled cudgela about them !a,
to clear him passage th2oueh INC
street-crowds Women, when they sa"
him trembIed and turned their beads
side children ran away from hlm; At the Con-
yent1on-hous bis entrance MAS the signal FOR .
general silence and otten 1or & aispe1hsaon zha o.
half the members present. Marat, VINO "as
eaten up With bilious vanity, gior'ed ~ the UNI.
yarsu 1epulsion nblch he ezc44ed. and 10 Aa41