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447In due time I will send further information about my other scholarlyprojects 457 ,as well as about the work of our Brotherhood and its interior discipline.Wish us well!I provide for my upkeep by giving lessons to day students, and by writingshort articles in periodicals published by some of my old friends here 458 .However, I am very much bothered by debts, especially those contracted in 1832and 1833 of necessity, by reason of the circumstances in which I found myself 459 .Although they are great, I hope to extricate myself from them with time.Briefly, a little news about some of the former saintsimonists, many ofwhom you knew. The teaching, as incarnate in the hierarchy, is completely dead.Enfantin is living in Egypt with some of the definitely less important people. He isdoing nothing. (Undoubtedly, you have heard that Bazard died. His wife and hiswhole family are Catholic) x . Michael Chevalier is the editor of Journal des Debatsand a doctrinarian, along with ―arriere pensee‖ industrialists and femalesaintsimonists. Jules Lechevalier is editor-in-chief of Moniteur du Commerce,ministerial and invaluable. Barault has returned from Constantinople, and hasimmersed himself in notions of the Orient and of the Antichrist. Leroux andReynaud remain together, editing Encyclopedie pittoresque philosophie-litteraire.Charton and Cezaux are editing Magasin Pittoresque (without any decisionabout most vital matters) x . Carnot is composed as always. He has become acomplete positivist (his only ambition is to become a deputy. Without a doubt it isespecially the ones who remain with Enfantin who have no future) x . Laurentmarried a fifteen year old girl, and is working as a lawyer...Finally, many have become Catholics: Transon, Dugied, Saint-Cherron 460 ,Decourdemanche 461 , Margerain 462 etc. The last mentioned is editor of457 His writing of articles for Encyclopedie Catholique and L’Uhiversite Catholique.458 P. Leroux, L. Carnot, E. Charton and J. Raynaud.459 B. Jański has in mind financial assistance from the editorial office where he worked.460 Alexander Saint-Cherron, a former saintsimonist and member of the editorial staff ofl’Universite Catholique.461 Collaborator at l’Universite Catholique.462 Co-editor of l’Universite Catholique.