TAINE Hippolyte (1828-1893) [AF 1878, 25e f]. Autograph MANUSCRIT, and 3 L.A.S. "H. Taine", [1852-1877?]; 3 pages in-8, and 6 pages in-8 or in-12, one address. Detailed outline of a chapter 1 From the governed, power passes to the hands of the governors for Les Origines de la France contemporaine, on the first years of the Revolution: "A. Up to now, for 4 years, extreme weakness of the government; in fact, the governed do not obey it, openly disobey it, revolt against it and even overthrow it. In theory, this is accepted as legitimate, in the name of the sovereignty of the people. Paris October 25 [1852], to M. Parmentier, urging him to send his business to Paris; his assignment to a sixth grade class in Besançon was "so outside my studies and abilities that I had to ask for a leave of absence," and he seeks to give lessons and attend classes in Paris [1868?], to a friend, on possible academic candidates: Autran, Janin, Dumas fils, Gautier, d'Haussonville, Duvergier de Hauranne. "The impression for me is that in this world and this milieu the pure literary value, the talent properly speaking is 50% below the course it has at home. [The historical studies which relate to the present time and to the art of leading men, are all essential" January 27 [1877 ?]. He is happy that L'Ancien Régime has appeared impartial: "I have tried to be purely a historian; but [] the day before yesterday one of my Legitimist friends told me that I had kept bourgeois prejudices against the Ancien Régime.