Brisson

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Overview

Eugène Henri Brisson (1835–1912), French radical politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies 1881–1885 and later twice Prime Minister (1885–86, 1898) (Wikipedia, «Henri Brisson»; reader footnotes 093.0352.2, 097.0352.4; Mon Journal t.14 index «Brisson (M.) : 249», t.15 «Brisson (M.) : 145, 149–150, 174»).

Relevance to Marie

  • 7 November 1881. Marie attends the Chamber («Après la Chambre nous sommes allées prendre une tasse de chocolat»), third row in a great crowd, and sees the president (093.0352; Brisson is named only in footnote 2).
  • January 1883, Gambetta's death. On 4 January, days after Gambetta's death, she reports how Brisson, «l'austère, le grave, le simple Brisson qui n'était pas son ami», said to Spuller in tears: «Je vous remercie de l'avoir amené ici» (097.0352, 4 January 1883), the emotion she calls real, «que ne donnera jamais aucune comédie». On 7 January she reads and adores his speech: «oui, Gambetta était la poésie et la tête de notre génération» (097.0383, 097.0393). On 29 January, Brisson presiding over the Chamber, «je l'aime bien depuis son discours sur Gambetta»: «ce chant héroïque qui était la poésie de [notre lutteur] depuis quinze ans, nous ne l'entendrons plus...» (098.0215).

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