[43] Thibaudeau， "Mémoires sur la Consulat，" p.88. (Exposition of motives by Roederer to the corps Législatif， Floréal 25， year X.)"After all， it is the creation of a new currency of quite different value from that which issues from the public treasury， a currency of unchangeable worth and of an inexhaustible mine， since it lies in French honor； a currency which can solely reward actions regarded as above any recompense."[44] Thibaudeau， ibid.， 83. (Address by the First Consul to the council of State， Floréal 14， year X.) - Also "Mémorial"： "Old and corrupt nations are not governed the same as young and virtuous ones；sacrifices have to be made to interest， to enjoyments， to vanity. This is the secret of the return to monarchical forms， to titles. crosses， ribbons， harmless baubles suited to exciting the respect of the multitude while at the same time enforcing self-respect."[45] "La Légion d'honneur，" by M. Mazas， passim. Details on the nomination ceremonials. "The veritable date was July 15th， as the 14th was Sunday. Augereau and about sixty officers， "bad fellows" who disliked the mass， refused to go into the chapel and remained outside in the court.
[46] Several generals， Lecourbe， Souham ， etc.， were excluded as being too republican or suspect and hostile. Lemercier， Ducis， Delille， and Lafayette refused. Admiral Truguet， through pique and discontent， had at first declined the grade of grand-officer， but finally changed his mind and became at first commander and then grand-officer.
[47] "Les Cahiers du capitaine Coignet，" passim and pp. 95， 145. "When the ceremony was over， handsome women who could get at me to examine my cross， asked me if they might give me a kiss." - At the Palais Royal the proprietor of a café says to him： "Order whatever you want， the Legion of Honor is welcome to anything."[48] Mazas， ibid.， p. 413. - Edmond Blanc， "Napoléon， ses institutions civiles et administratives，" p. 279. - The number of decorated， at first， was to be 6，000. In 1806， the emperor had nominated 14，500， and taking his entire reign， until his fall， about 48，000. The real force of legionaries， however， then living does not surpass at this time 30，000， of which only 1，200 are in civil careers. At the présent time， December 1， 1888 (documents furnished by the records of the Légion d'honneur)， there are 52.915 decorated persons， of which 31，757 are soldiers and 21，158 civilians. Under the empire there was in all 1cross to every 750 Frenchmen； at that time， out of 50 crosses there were 2 for civil services， while in our day there are nearly 20. (QUIDinforms us that on 30-11-1994 the strength amounted to 207，390persons. SR.)[49] Edmond Blanc， ibid.， 276-299， 325 and 326. (List of titles of prince and duke conferred by the emperor， and of gifts of 100，000francs rental or of above that sum.)[50] Mathieu Dumas， "Mémoires，" III.， 363.
[51] Napoleon， "Mémoires."
[52] Compare with the Brothers Grimm's fairytale： "The Fisherman and his Wife."[53] Thiers， "Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire，" V. III.， p. 210.
[54] Thiers， ibid.， p.195 (October 1806). Napoleon， in one of his bulletins， had mentioned Murat's cavalry alone， omitting to mention the infantry of Lannes， which behaved as well. Lannes， disappointed， did not dare read this bulletin to his men， and spoke to the emperor about it. 'What reward can they look for if they don't find their names published by the hundred-tongued voice of Fame which is under your control！" Napoleon replies： "You and your men are children -glory enough for all！ . . . One of these days your turn will come in the bulletins of the grand army." Lannes reads this to his troops on the great square of Stettin and it is received with outbursts of enthusiasm.
[55] Madame de Rémusat. III.， 129.