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CHAPTER II
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wherein useful information will be found concerning a library where strange things will shortly come to pass
ESIROUS of embracing the whole circle of human knowledge, and anxious to bequeath to the world a concrete symbol of his encyclop?dic genius and a display in keeping with his pecuniary1 resources, Baron2 Alexandre d'Esparvieu had formed a library of three hundred and sixty thousand volumes, both printed and in manuscript, whereof the greater part emanated3 from the Benedictines of Ligugé.
By a special clause in his will he enjoined4 his heirs to add to his library, after his death, whatever they might deem worthy5 of note in natural, moral, political, philosophical6, and religious science.
He had indicated the sums which might be drawn7 from his estate for the fulfilment of this object, and charged his eldest8 son, Fulgence-Adolphe, to proceed with these additions. Fulgence-Adolphe accomplished9 with filial respect the wishes expressed by his illustrious father.
After him, this huge library, which represented[16] more than one child's share of the estate, remained undivided between the Senator's three sons and two daughters; and René d'Esparvieu, on whom devolved the house in the Rue10 Garancière, became the guardian11 of the valuable collection. His two sisters, Madame Paulet de Saint-Fain and Madame Cuissart, repeatedly demanded that such a large but unremunerative piece of property should be turned into money. But René and Gaétan bought in the shares of their two co-legatees, and the library was saved. René d'Esparvieu even busied himself in adding to it, thus fulfilling the intentions of its
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solely
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magistrates
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benefactor
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slandering
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rapacity
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injustice
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