member of his most remarkable productiona was his ' Neu for a Coustitution; which he presented to the Convention, at whose request ho had undertakeu to draw up a report ou public instruction. ills treatise on this subject abounds in enlarged and lefty views, and contelus the justeat notions on the art of expanding the faculties and formieg the character.
Good-nature and kindness) were the foundation of his dispositions. If ha was deficient to enythlug, it was hi imagination. this outward depot tment wee cold and reserved, cud characterised by a certain degree of awkwardness and timidity. Nevertheless he posaessed more real warmth of feeling and greatnoas of soul than those unacquainted with him would have suspected. D'Alembert used to characterise him as a volcano covered with snow. Ilia private as well as public conduct was firm, disinterested, and straightforward; and being fully satisfied that a system of equality was the only one compatible with tho Ileppi nees and real interests of mankind, he made no account of his own rank, title, or fortune, but was willing to sacrifice them all to promote the darling object of his hopes and wishes.
Under the old regime he refused the request of the Academy in 1777 to pronounce an eloge on the Due de Is Vrilliare. minister of
Louis XV. He subsequently resigned the place which ho held under the administration that he might avoid being brought into contact with M. Necker, whom ho suspected of having intrigued against his friend Turgot. In the earlier period of the revolution. Condorcet used every effort to bring about those changes which he had so often desired to see accomplished for the good of hie country, and became an active member of the Comi:6 des Subsistancee, Being called to the Convention after the fall of the monarchy, he rallied round the Girondius in older to oppose that portion of the assembly known by the name of Montagnarda from their occupying the highest seats in the Convention. In hie efforts to found a republic, in France upon a philosophical basis, Condorect sacrificed his life to his opinions. The purity and benevolence of his iutentions, and his magnanimous devotion of himself to the cause in which he had embarked, are the imperishable r,corde of his fame. His wife, who wee of the family of Grouchy, and one of the most beautiful women of her day, distinguished herself by a correct and elegant translation of Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Seutimente.' Coudoreet's works have been collected and published in 21 volumes 8vo.