Aux GRANDs HoMMEs.
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 Dedicated by grdtef country to its iustrOMs This is indeed spirit-stirring inscription. A m0ngst the eminent men whose ashes were deposit ed ill the vaults of the temple, Voaire, Ros- seau, Marshal Lannes, De Winter, (the Dutch Ad- mral) Lagrange (the mathema,ician) and Bougain- vile, (the crcumnayigator) Many of the illustrious dead, perhaps all have been removed from the vaults by the of events, which have of late years so agitated the French nation

 The project of N. Montalivet is to restore to its original purpose this beautiful building it IS pro- ject worthy of Frenchman. M. Montalivet pro- poses that none, who do not truly deserve this dis tnction shall be entitled to place in the Pantheon till ten years after their death till the judgement of their contemporaries is confirmed by proximaie posterity. From this rule the ashes of General Foy M Manuel, Duke de Rocheiaucaut, Lioncourt, and B. Constant to be exempted, whose remains il is contemplated will be removed thither on 29th July 1851. On the walls of the Pantheon are to be en- graved the names ofthe humble heroes ofthe French revolution. The last proposition must be accepta- ble the Preach people, and doubly inspire them to a defence ofthat liberty for which their fathers died and prove to them that high low, who their country well, may receive niche in the temple of fame

 Shall we ever see aroused in this country, a spirit similar to that which inspires the French2 It is not anti-republican.