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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 11: Paris.—its schools.—January and February, 1838.—Age, 27. (search)
ost all the students had their copies of the Corpus Juris resting on their knees, and followed the professor as he read, besides taking notes of his exposition. Pellat I have met at the Baron de Gerando's. He is apparently about forty or forty-five, and is modest in his manner. He did not produce the impression of remarkable talent. After Pellat, I heard, at the Sorbonne, a part of the lecture of Geruzez Nicolas Eugene Geruzez, 1799-1865. He was, from 1833 to 1852, the substitute of Villemain in the chair of Literature. His writings related mostly to the history of literature and eloquence. on some French author,—I could not catch the name; and after this, at the École de Droit, heard Ducaurroy, on the Institutes. I have already spoken of his manner. He was more animated than Pellat; he had his copy of the Institutes before him, and read and expounded. From the scene of lectures I went to the Musee d'artillerie, which in one respect corresponds to the Tower of London. H