Excerpt from Discours sur les Monuments Publics: Prononcé au Conseil du Département de Paris, le 15 Décembre 1791
Vous saisirez, sans doute Messieurs comme un dédommagement, le devoir intéressant que vous impose votre position d'exoiter les efforts des arts, d'ÿ mettre un prix, et d'ouvrir la carriere au génie; et vous ne laisserez point échapper de vos mains cette partie des fonctions du surintendant des bâtiments du roi qui fonde en quelque sorte l'empire de cette capitale en y concen trant tous les grands modeles et tous les talents distingués.
C'est dans ces idées que nous nous sommes occupés de cette partie.
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