Talleyrand

de Perigord, the famous politician, about was bom in 1754, and an accident, by which he was TARIFF lamed for life, deprived him of his right of primo- ' geniture and transferred his career from the army to Spain, the church. In spite of notorious immorality he was Straits promoted so quickly that in 1780 he was made agent- Tartars general to the French clergy, and in 1789 Bishop of was Autun. In the latter year he became one of the upon chief authorities on constitutional, financial, and Ta o, educational questions, and used his influence for the poet destruction of the profe ion to which he nominally wanderings still belonged. He so won the hearts of the extreme first revolutionists in the A embly by proposing the the confiscation of church property that they made him to their president. Under the Robes pierre tyranny he Ferrara, left France and lived in London for three years, but Duke's returned in 1795 and became Foreign Minister under he the Directory. He was afterwards of immense use which to Napoleon, for whom he did many dirty tricks, pastoral until on the occasion of the invasion of Ru ia he For deserted him. He was a wonderful judge of men, shown»signs and amazingly clever, immoral, and mendacious. He TASTE, died in 1838. His report on education has moulded recognize French policy since. proper.