Part 2 - As it was: Catholics and state employment, 1890–1914
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2010
Summary
All citizens … are equally eligible for all honours, places and public employment, according to their abilities, and without any distinction other than their virtues and talents.
Article 6 of the Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 27 August 1789Sire, we teach respect for your dynasty because it rules by virtue of the country's constitution, just as we would teach respect for the Republic, if it were the current form of government. As long as you last, that is to your advantage.
The Grand Master of the Université to Napoleon, 1811While you owe justice to everyone … you keep your favours for those who have unmistakably proved their fidelity to Republican institutions.
Circular of Emile Combes to prefects, 20 June 1902- Type
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- Religion, Politics and Preferment in France since 1890La Belle Epoque and its Legacy, pp. 69 - 70Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995