The Universal Encyclopedia, Vol. 3 of 6

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Excerpt from The Universal Encyclopedia, Vol. 3 of 6: A Comprehensive Reference BookEnghlen henri on Rooms, Dun or. Born at Chantilly in 1772: son of Louis lienry Joseph Condé, Duke of Bourbon. On the outbreak of the revola tion he quitted France, traveled various arts of Europe. And went n 1 z to ianders to join his grandfather, the tines of Condé, in the cam against France. From 1796 to 1 a e commanded with distinguished merit the vanguard of Condé's army, which was disbanded at the Peace of Luneville He then took it residence as a private citizen at Etten cim in Baden. Where he married the Princess Charlotte de Rohan Rochefort. He was generally looked upon as the leader of the éuu'grés, and was suspected by the Bonapartists of complicity in the attempt of Cadoudal to assassinate the first consul. An armed force was sent to seize him in Baden in violation of all territorial rights, and he was brought to Vincennes on the 20th of March, 1804. A mock trial was held the same night, and on the foil g mornin he was shot in the ditch o taide the wa ls. It was this event which drew from Fouché the comment since become proverbial: C'est plus nu'un crime, c'est une faute' It is worse than a crime. It is a a mechanical con trivance in which one or other of the natural forces is utilized for the performance of work of some kind, often distinctively a steam engine.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.