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France's public instruction bill debated in Assembly
M. Barthelemy St Hilaire and supporters oppose the bill as a threat to the University and secular education. Victor Hugo defends state schooling while denouncing clerical power. Thiers calls the measure a necessary evolution of free instruction, ending clerical control over diplomas.
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Legislative Assembly
France
M. Barthelemew St. Hilaire
M. St. Hilaire
Langres
M. Victor Hugo
Party of ‘Order
Daical
Chef-D
Sisters of Charity
Brother of Mercy
Vincent de Paule
Marseilles
Paris
St. Antoine
Campanella
Galileo
Columbus
Pascal
Montaigne
Moliére
Italy
Spain
Inquisition
MM. Poujoulat
Bechard
M. Pascal Dupret
MM. Lavergne
Fresneau
M. Montalembert
Republic
Assembly
M. Cremieux
M. de Montalembert
M. Cocquerel
M. Thiers