Robespierre's Rights of Man and Citizen, 1793

[marieclaire08.livejournal.com]

Thanks to all here who helped me pin down the version of the Rights of Man and Citizen. Sure enough, it's translated into English in its entirety in [Poll #1271155]

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[misatheredpanda.livejournal.com]

I vote the Procope, I think the atmosphere is incredible and just seems more conducive to reading (not to mention much more comfortable!! than squatting on the ground or something to that effect) and discussing. The others will have more people milling about (I was nearly stepped on several times when I stopped to reflect for a while in the Conciergerie...) 2nd choice would be the Palais Royale, for the same reason that it's more open and comfortable - and I just like the idea of meeting in places where these people would have actually met, whereas glorious as the Pantheon is, it doesn't seem like a place for reading (for me, anyway, I was too busy bawling).

[marieclaire08.livejournal.com]

Oh, tell me--did you cry at the Pantheon? Tell me about it.

[misatheredpanda.livejournal.com]

Well, um, there's not much to say... just that I cried? Really only at Rousseau's tomb, although the monument and everything else gave me shivers in a very good way.
Going back to which - I also was sort of personally bothered by the people who were talking in the Pantheon - maybe the steps, then heading inside after the reading...?

[marieclaire08.livejournal.com]

Bless you! I'm currently reading Rousseau's Confessions for the first time.

Well, if you found the chatter annoying in the Pantheon, then I wouldn't want to contribute. I was there mostly off season and was usually alone in any given area. Perhaps reading on the steps and then a walk inside. It's occurred to me that perhaps a little slice of Rousseau would be nice to have the students read since they will be at his tomb there. If you had to choose a few short pages of Rousseau as the one exposure a group of students would have to his actual words, what would you choose?