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at Roſetta, a number of French and Copts who were ill of the plague; thus proving, that this diſpofal of the ſick was a premediated plan. In vain Bonaparte attempted to juſtify himſelf;[1] the members ſat petrified with terror, and almoſt doubted whether the ſcene paſting before their eyes was no illuſion:—There are reords which remain, and which in due ſeaſon, will be produced. In the interim this repreſentation will be ſufficient to ſtimulate inquiry; and Frenchmen, your honis, indeed, intereſted in the examination
Let us hope, that in no country will there be found another man of ſuch Machiavelian principles, as by ſophiſtry to palliate ſuch tractions.
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- ↑ Bonaparte pleaded, that he ordered the garriſon to be deſtroyed, becauſe he had not proviſions to maintain them, or ſtrength enough to guard them, and that he deſtroyed the ſick to prevent contagion, and ſave themſelves from falling into the hands of the Turks; But theſe arguments were refuted directly, and Bonaparte was obliged to reſt his defence on the poſitions of Machiavel. When he afterwards left Egypt, the Savans were ſo angry at being left behind, that they elected the phyſician preſident of the Inſtitute, an act which ſpeaks for itſelf fully.
