97

Compared with the thesis of Bossuet 99

And of Montesquieu 100

Analysis of the Second Discourse 102

Characteristic of Turgot's idea of Progress 106

Its limitation 108

Great merit of the Discourse, that it recognises
ordered succession 110

IV.

Turgot appointed Intendant of the Limousin 111

Functions of an Intendant 112

Account of the Limousin 114

Turgot's passion for good government 118

He attempts to deal with the _Taille_ 119

The road _Corvee_ 121

Turgot's endeavours to enlighten opinion 126

Military service 129

" transport 131

The collection of taxes 132

Turgot's private benevolence 133

Introduces the potato 134

Founds an academy 135

Encourages manufacturing industry 136

Enlightened views on Usury 137

Has to deal with a scarcity 138

His plans 139

Instructive facts connected with this famine 142

Turgot's Reflections on the Formation and
Distribution of Wealth 149

V.

Turgot made Controller-General 150

His reforms 151

Their reception 153

His unpopularity 156

Difficulties with the king 157

His dismissal 158

His pursuits in retirement 159

Conclusion 162

TURGOT.

I.

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot was born in Paris on the 10th of May 1727. He
died in 1781. His life covered rather more than half a century,
extending, if we may put it a little roughly, over the middle fifty
years of the eig