She was described in divers ways, according to the impressions of her associates. One said that her manner gave evidence of serious reflection; another called her too vivacious. It was supposed that she had been the first to assert that the soul ought not to be susceptible to love, and therefore her admirers sang to her of the aversion felt by Pallas for the allurements of Venus. Mademoiselle had said: "_Je n'ai point l'âme tendre._" and she had meant what she said, and been glad to have it known that she was heart-free. She was blamed for her rude manners and for her outbursts of anger. When she declared that she longed to go to war with the soldiers her critics laughed at her pretensions. It was generally believed that her faults were numerous, and that she had few of the qualities considered desirable in woman; but no one ever called her petty, cowardly, or false. La Grande Mademoiselle was never a liar; she never betrayed friend or foe. She was brave and generous; and it was not her fault if when nature placed her soul in the form of a woman it gave her the mien and the inclinations of a man. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 87: _Registres de l'Hôtel de Ville_ (Collection Danjou).] [Footnote 88: _Mémoire du roi au plénipotentiaires_ (6th January, 1644). ("Il ne faut pas s'étonner de tout ce que disent nos enemies; C' est à nous de tenir: il est indubitable qu'ils se rangeront peu à peu.")] [Footnote 89: The first of our casinos.] [Footnote 90: _Mémoires_ of Mademoiselle.] [Footnote 91: Olivier d'Ormesson.] [Footnote 92: Mademoiselle erred as to the date; the _Gazette de France_ fixes it March 8th.] [Footnote 93: About six millions of francs.] [Footnote 94: Mademoiselle errs in supposing (in her memoirs) that it was but one year. Such errors are frequent in her writings.] [Footnote 95: _Père de Bérulle et l'Oratoire de Jésus_, M. l'Abbé Houssaye.] [Footnote 96: _Saint François de Sales_, Fortunat Strowski.] [Footnote 97: The Abbé Houssaye, _loc cit._] [Footnote 98: _Saint Vincent de Paul et les Gondis_, Chantelauze.] [Footnote 99: _Le Cardinal de Bérulle et Richelieu_, the Abbé Houssaye.] [Footnote 100: _Les Libertins en France au XVII. Siècle_, F. T. Perrens.] [Footnote 101: _Oraison funèbre d'Anne de Gonzague_, Bossuet.] [Footnote 102: _Port Royal_, Sainte Beuve.] [Footnote 103: _Bérulle et l'Oratoire_, the Abbé Houssaye.] [Footnote 104: Fortunat Strowski.] [Footnote 105: Their uselessness, their ignorance have made us despise them.--Bossuet.] [Footnote 106: _Manuel de l'histoire de la littérature française_, F. Brunetière. The first edition of _La vie dévote_ appeared in 1688, the _Traité de l'amour de Dieu_ appeared in 1612.] [Footnote 107: The address delivered on the occasion of Racine's Centennial, 26th April 1899.] [Footnote 108: Motteville.] [Footnote 109: _Mémoires._] [Footnote 110: _Declaration pour la Régence_ (21st April, 1643).] [Footnote 111: Born in 1616.]