M.M. Dacier, Le Roi, Désormeaux and Dusaulx have come, as deputies of the Academy of Inscriptions and Letters, to thank M. Franklin for the medal he conferred upon the institution. They are sorry not to see on the medal the name of the first and true author of the greatest and the most admirable revolution of modern times.

All the same, they are convinced that this medal will not fail to conjure up his glorious name for centuries to come.