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	The Nation, 12/18/1873 - Mirabeau
		...Parallels may no doubt be found to the venality of Mirabeau in the tales told of Mariborough, but these stories, true or false, have always themselves seemed to require' some explanation, and are, moreover, told of a general who was one of a body of politicians corrupted by a whole age of revolutions...
		...Mirabeau had probably a feeling somewhat like theirs when he appealed to time...
		...Marat's execrations seemed at the time an honor due to Mirabean's greatness, and they were probably the result not of insight but of that insane suspicion which led Marat to denounce to public odium every man who committed the unpardonable crime of exciting his envy...
	www.nationarchive.com /Summaries/v017i0442_09.htm (4131 words)

	Frantz Gabriel Fiesinger / H. G. Mirabeau (Gabriel Honor‚ de Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791) / 1793
		Mirabeau (Gabriel Honor‚ de Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791)
		Mirabeau (Gabriel Honor de Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791)
		Frantz Gabriel Fiesinger / H. Mirabeau (Gabriel Honor‚ de Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau, 1749-1791) / 1793
	www.davidrumsey.com /amico/amico1375430-28271.html (283 words)

	LUEE History
		On Aug. 20, 1932, South Park College was renamed Lamar College in honor of Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas and the man regarded as the founder of public education in Texas.
		Professor Cherry was born in 1915 in Weatherford, TX and after graduating from Weatherford High School, he attended Weatherford Junior College for one year and then transferred to The University of Texas, where he earned a BA in Physics and Math with honors in 1937.
		On March 25, 1960, the Delta Beta Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu, the national electrical engineering honor society was installed with 17 members.
	www.ee.lamar.edu /LUEEhistory.html (2556 words)

	Mirabeau, Comte de Biography / Biography of Mirabeau, Comte de Biography Biography
		Mirabeau's career began as a cavalry officer in 1767, but he was soon sent to prison on the Island of Ré for his escapades.
		Born at Bignon near Nemours on March 9, 1749, Honoré Gabriel de Riqueti, later Comte de Mirabeau, was the son of a distinguished physiocratic author, Victor de Riqueti, Marquis de Mirabeau, known as the "friend of the people" for his reform proposals.
		The French statesman and author Honoré Gabriel Victor de Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791), was a key leader of the French Revolution in its first years.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-mirabeau-comte-de (2556 words)

	Mary and John Gray Library
		The smaller of the two is named the Lamar Room, in honor of Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second President of the Texas Republic and "Father of Education" in Texas.
		The large reading room/reception area that fronts the two banquet/meeting rooms on the 8th floor is named in honor of Miss Julia Plummer, who had a distinguished 31-year career as Head Librarian at Lamar.
		The larger of the two is named the Spindletop Room, in commemoration of the 1901 oil discovery that ushered in the modern petroleum industry era.
	biblos.lamar.edu /info/history.htm (257 words)

	Mirabeau Lamar Postmark
		In 1840, the legislature of the Republic of Texas created a new county and named it in honor of Georgia-native Mirabeau Lamar, who was a hero of the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836.
		The postmark shows Mirabeau Lamar and the outline of the county named in his honor.
		To mark the event, the U.S. Postal Service issued a pictorial postmark for use in canceling mail at a special postal station set up for the day-long celebration.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/lamarcancel.htm (210 words)

	A Few Great Things About Our Little Town
		George E. Ward in honor of President Mirabeau Lamar of the Republic of Texas.
		Three years later Barton County was created and named in honor of David Barton, one of the first two United States Senators from Missouri.
		It is home to 5 banks, 2 motels, 2 grocery stores, a movie theater, drive-in, and a 6,000 square foot aquatic park including a 2,000 square foot indoor pool..
	www.lamarmo.com /lamarinfo.htm (1380 words)

	Sugar Land Masonic Lodge 1141
		Lamar, Mirabeau B. - American politician and diplomat, he was the 2nd President of the Republic of Texas and later served as Minister to Nicaragua
		His run for the presidency in 1976 allowed the country to meet this kind and considerate man. He was the Vice Presidential candidate with Michael Dukakis in the 1988 campaign where, during the debate with his opponent he used the now-famous phrase "I knew John Kennedy....".
		Bentsen served the U. with honor and distinction as a bomber pilot in WWII, a US Congressman, Senator and Secretary of the Treasury.
	www.sugarlandmasoniclodge.org /Famous_Masons.cfm (2924 words)

	GRAND ORIENT DE FRANCE - - ) Bienvenue sur notre site
		Il est sans doute bon de rappeler que le nom a été porté par Victor Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, auteur de L'Ami des hommes ou Traité sur la population qui devait conserver le surnom de "l'ami des hommes".
		Son frère cadet, André Boniface, vicomte de Mirabeau, était surnommé "Mirabeau tonneau" : un jour où son aîné lui reprochait son intempérance, le vicomte lui répondit : "Mon frère, c'est le seul vice que vous m'ayez laissé !" Le comte Honoré Riqueti appartenait aux Neuf Sœurs.
		Son fils, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791), fit les quatre cents coups et acquit la célébrité par sa réponse au marquis de Dreux-Brézé, le 23 juin 1789.
	www.godf.org /histo_perso.html (2924 words)

	Mirabeau, Comte de Biography / Profile of Mirabeau, Comte de Biographies
		Mirabeau's career began as a cavalry officer in 1767, but he was soon sent to prison on the Island of Ré for his escapades.
		Born at Bignon near Nemours on March 9, 1749, Honoré Gabriel de Riqueti, later Comte de Mirabeau, was the son of a distinguished physiocratic author, Victor de Riqueti, Marquis de Mirabeau, known as the "friend of the people" for his reform proposals.
		The French statesman and author Honoré Gabriel Victor de Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791), was a key leader of the French Revolution in its first years.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/mirabeau-comte-de (2924 words)

	II. On Being Accused of Treasonable Relations to the Court by Honore Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau. Continental Europe (380-1906). Vol. VII. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. 1906. The World's Famous Orations
		After Mirabeau had spoken on this subject a few days before the Extremists of the Left had vented their wrath in a pamphlet with this title, and caused it to be sold on the streets of Paris.
		Thiers says that, on the occasion of this speech, Mirabeau ascended the tribune in the presence “of an immense multitude assembled to hear him and declared as he went up, that he would come down again either dead or victorious.” [back]
		On Being Accused of Treasonable Relations to the Court by Honore Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau.
	www.bartleby.com /268/7/17.html (2405 words)

	Texas Treasures - Mirabeau B. Lamar - Texas State Library
		Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was born in Georgia in 1798, the son of a successful planter.
		On December 10, 1838, Mirabeau B. Lamar was sworn in as president of the Republic of Texas.
		Texas Treasures - Mirabeau B. Lamar - Texas State Library
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /treasures/giants/lamar/lamar-01.html (853 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Fréchette Louis Honoré
		Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de (1749-1791), French politician, a member of the National Constituent Assembly during the French...
		Louis XVI: Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de
		Fréchette, Louis Honoré (1839-1908), French-Canadian poet and politician, born in Lévis, Quebec.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Fr%C3%A9chette_Louis_Honor%C3%A9.html (116 words)

	I. Necker's Financial Plan by Honore Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau. Continental Europe (380-1906). Vol. VII. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. 1906. The World's Famous Orations
		Dumont says Mirabeau was not well acquainted with the subject of Necker& plan, and quotes a remark by Panchaud, that Mirabeau “was the first man in the world to speak on a subject he knew nothing about.” Necker& plan failed to relieve the treasury.
		Mirabeau, heretofore, had been opposed to Necker, but now came forth to assist him, making two speeches in favor of his measure.
		Necker& famous daughter, Madame De Stäel, who sat near Mirabeau while he spoke, afterward described the effect of the speech as “prodigious.” Mola, the famous actor, was also present.
	www.bartleby.com /268/7/16.html (730 words)

	Guide and Travel Facts: Aix-en-Provence, France
		The Cours Mirabeau is one of the loveliest avenues in France.
		Honoré Mirabeau was a C18 revolutionary statesman, the greatest orator in revolutionary France, elected deputy for Aix in 1789 and then President of the Chambre des Députés.
		Return to the Cours Mirabeau and cross to the other side to see le Vieil Aix, lively, intimate and to a great extent pedestrianised, very different from the elegant formality of the Quartier Mazarin.
	www.passports.com /trips/cityfact/cityfact.asp?city=Aix-en-Provence (730 words)

	French books printed after 1800
		He held close relations with the monarchy and was also befriended with Mirabeau and a central figure in the latter's secret agitation for the restoration of the monarchy.
		He was the executor of Mirabeau's last will and as such entrusted with his papers.
		MIRABEAU, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, comte de (1749-1791) & Auguste Marie Raymond, comte de LA MARCK (1753-1833) Correspondance...
	www.mdejongh.com /104.html (730 words)

	President Mirabeau Lamar - Address on frontier defense, February 1839 - Page 2 - Texas State Library
		Mirabeau Lamar address on frontier defense, February 28, 1839.
		Mirabeau B. Lamar Papers #361, pages 118-121, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
		Mirabeau Lamar address on frontier defense, February 28, 1839
	dev.texshare.edu /exhibits/presidents/lamar/m_lamar_feb28_1839_2.html (129 words)

	"In Search of the Heroes": Sam Houston--Man of Honor
		A President was not allowed to succeed himself, and so from 1838-1841 Mirabeau B. Lamar was in office.
		Inscribed inside the gold ring was the word "honor," because she said this one word epitomized the creed that should forever be a part of Sam Houston's life.
		Thus an old man under an old tree, smoking and thinking, still on the bourne of the dream world that had drawn into the forest a boy with a book and a rifle--half mystic, half showman; half poet, half sage.
	graceproducts.com /houston/life.html (3062 words)

	NWsource: Venue details - The Mirabeau Room
		But the Mirabeau Room does what it can to honor its predecessor: The façade is much the same, some of the interior fixtures have been retained and restored...
		The Mirabeau Room occupies the space once occupied by Sorry Charlie's, a venerable (read: run-down) neighborhood bar whose reputation was much bigger than the crowds it attracted.
		The Mirabeau holds charms even for those heathens who don't much care that a cultural institution has been preserved.
	www.nwsource.com /ae/scr/edb_vd.cfm?ven=16183&s=nws (254 words)

	Texas Navy - Mirabeau B. Lamar to E.W. Moore, June 1840 - Page 1 - Texas State Library
		Mirabeau B. Lamar to Edwin W. Moore, June 20, 1840.
		Mirabeau B. Lamar to Edwin W. Moore, June 20, 1840
		Texas Navy - Mirabeau B. Lamar to E.W. Moore, June 1840 - Page 1 - Texas State Library
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /exhibits/navy/mirabeau_lamar_jun20_1840_1.html (381 words)

	II. On Being Accused of Treasonable Relations to the Court by Honore Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau. Continental Europe (380-1906). Vol. VII. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. 1906. The World's Famous Orations
		After Mirabeau had spoken on this subject a few days before the Extremists of the Left had vented their wrath in a pamphlet with this title, and caused it to be sold on the streets of Paris.
		On Being Accused of Treasonable Relations to the Court by Honore Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau.
		Thiers says that, on the occasion of this speech, Mirabeau ascended the tribune in the presence “of an immense multitude assembled to hear him and declared as he went up, that he would come down again either dead or victorious.” [back]
	www.aol.bartleby.com /268/7/17.html (381 words)

	I. Necker's Financial Plan by Honore Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de Mirabeau. Continental Europe (380-1906). Vol. VII. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. 1906. The World's Famous Orations
		Dumont says Mirabeau was not well acquainted with the subject of Necker’s plan, and quotes a remark by Panchaud, that Mirabeau “was the first man in the world to speak on a subject he knew nothing about.” Necker’s plan failed to relieve the treasury.
		Necker’s famous daughter, Madame De Stäel, who sat near Mirabeau while he spoke, afterward described the effect of the speech as “prodigious.” Mola, the famous actor, was also present.
		Mirabeau, heretofore, had been opposed to Necker, but now came forth to assist him, making two speeches in favor of his measure.
	www.bartleby.com /268/7/16.html (381 words)

	Lamar University: Beaumont Campus Master Plan:Lamar University: Master Plan: Background
		In 1932, separate facilities were provided and the name of the institution was changed to Lamar College, to honor Mirabeau B. Lamar, second president of the Republic of Texas and the "Father of Education" in Texas.
		In 1938, the board purchased a 58-acre tract of land on Port Arthur Highway, just three blocks east of what was then the Lamar campus.
		Located on the third floor of the South Park High School building, the college shared the library and athletic facilities with the high school.
	dept.lamar.edu /advancement/masterplan/background.html (1013 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: LAMAR UNIVERSITY
		In 1923 the name of the institution was changed to Lamar College, in honor of Mirabeau B. Lamar,
		Pietzch served as president of the college, and Carl W. Bingman was named dean of the college and principal of the high school.
		A building program begun in 1933 gave the college almost entirely separate facilities.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/LL/kcl2.html (642 words)

	Paris, Texas
		Mirabeau Lamar, the governor of Texas at the time.
		Paris quickly became the commercial hub for the surrounding cotton farms, and an
		but by 1841 Lamar county was formed and the town was renamed Paris in honor of
	www.redriverhistorian.com /Paris.html (533 words)

	Central Lutheran Church Sermon Archive
		Immediately Mirabeau, Rousseau and Voltaire were buried in this temple.
		Unfortunately the construction coincided with the French Revolution when the monarchy and aristocracy were swept away and with it the establishment of Christianity.
		On April 4, 1791, the National Assembly determined that the church should become the Pantheon dedicated to those whom the nation wished to honor.
	www.users.qwest.net /%7Eclchurch-elca/srmn030914.htm (1384 words)

	History of Lamar & Barton County, Missouri...Where It All Comes Together!
		The town was named Lamar in honor of Mirabeau Lamar, who was a military governor of Texas, and a school friend of George Ward.
		During the Civil War, the county was about equally divided in sympathy between North and South.
		They laid out the town with a large square for a courthouse.
	bartoncounty.com /history.htm (921 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: A place of honor
		The Bollywood Project and other local groups will host a fundraiser to benefit victims affected by last month's earthquake in Northern Pakistan and India on Saturday at The Mirabeau Room, 529 Queen Anne Ave.
		The front seat of Metro's 1,400 buses will become a memorial this month to Parks, the African American woman who sparked the modern civil-rights movement by refusing to give up her seat on a Birmingham, Ala., bus for a white passenger.
		The Metropolitan King County Council on Monday unanimously approved a motion that will put a sticker honoring Parks on one front forward-facing seat on each bus, and an advertising placard honoring her above the seat.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2002600877_here03m.html (545 words)

	© Constitutional Amazons: Jacobin Women's Club in the French Revolution
		From Grenoble to Lille to Cognac, women's clubs promoted and participated in myriad festivals to celebrate revolutionary unity, Te Deums to bless the Constitution, balls and banquets to launch the nation's volunteers, and funerary ceremonies to honor Mirabeau, Le Peletier, and Marat.
		The men's clubs of Bordeaux repeatedly honored the various local women's clubs for their patriotic donations, bureaus of poor relief, aid to war widows, education of schoolchildren, and above all, for their replacement of the nuns at local hospitals.
		The male "Amis de la Constitution" early in 1792 implored all the unmarried or widowed women to staff hospitals and oust counterrevolutionary nuns: their published appeal claimed that nature had given men the "physical and moral forces needed to run the machine of government,.
	www.st-andrews.ac.uk /~jfec/cal/suffrage/document/jacoclub.htm (7781 words)

	Cours Mirabeau, Provence, France: romantic Provence vacations, Provence honeymoons, Provence bicycle tours, France Hotels and Luxury Resorts, Villas and Yachts.
		In the centre of Cours Mirabeau is the moss-covered Fontaine Chaude, coming from the same hot springs tapped by the Romans when they founded Aquae Sextiae Saluviorum in 122BC.
		It is best to begin an exploration with that aorta of Aix, the Cours Mirabeau, named after the scandalous and outstanding orator of the French Revolution, who ably represented Aix in the Paris parliament.
		Cours Mirabeau, Provence, France: romantic Provence vacations, Provence honeymoons, Provence bicycle tours, France Hotels and Luxury Resorts, Villas and Yachts.
	www.francevacationguide.com /CoursMirabeau2276_Overview.html (513 words)

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