Note 206 — Chapter XVI · THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.—MIRABEAU, TALLEYRAND, CONDORCET.

Public instruction as now organized in France is of three grades, as follows:—

“Primary instruction, which gives the elements of knowledge, reading, writing, and arithmetic. Secondary instruction, embracing the study of the ancient languages, of rhetoric, and the first elements of the mathematical and physical sciences, and of philosophy. This is given in the lycées and colleges, as well as in the smaller seminaries. Superior instruction, designed to teach in all their completeness letters, the languages, the sciences, and philosophy. This is given in the Faculties, in the College of France, and in the larger seminaries.”—Littré. (P.)