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 reason to believe secretly favored them. He was very sure that nothing
originated in these meetings which could be dangerous to his person or
injurious to his government; since Freemasonry counted among its
votaries, and even had as chiefs, the most distinguished personages of
the state. Moreover, it would have been impossible in these societies,
where a few false brethren had slipped in, for a dangerous secret, had
there been one, to escape the vigilance of the police. The Emperor spoke
of it sometimes as pure child's play, suitable to amuse idlers; and I
can affirm that he laughed heartily when told that the archchancellor,
in his position as chief of the Grand Orient, had presided at a Masonic
banquet with no less dignity than would have comported with the
presidency of the senate or of the council of state. Nevertheless, the
Emperor's indifference did not extend to societies known in Italy under
the name of Carbonari, and in Germany under various titles. We must
admit, in fact, that since the undertakings of two young Germans
initiated in Illuminism, it was natural that his Majesty should not have
seen without anxiety the propagation of those bonds of virtue in which
young fanatics were transformed into assassins. I know nothing
remarkable in relation to the Carbonari, since no circumstance connected
our affairs with those of Italy. In regard to the secret societies of
Germany, I remember that during our stay at Dresden I heard them
mentioned with much interest, and not without fears for the future, by a
Saxon magistrate with whom I had the honor of associating frequently. He
was a man about sixty years of age, who spoke French well, and united in
the highest degree German stolidity with the gravity natural to age. In
his youth he had lived in France, and part of his education had been
received at the College of Soreze; and I attributed the friendship which
he showed for me to the pleasure he experienced in conversing about a
country the memory of which seemed very dear to him. I remember
perfectly well to-day the profound veneration with which this excellent
man spoke to me of one of his former professors of Soreze, whom he
called Don Ferlus; and 
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