▁attention ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁making ▁of ▁Latin ▁verse ; ▁he ▁also ▁encourag ed ▁independent ▁methods ▁at ▁the ▁É cole ▁Norm ale , ▁and ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁school ▁at ▁Rome ▁where ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁school ▁of ▁Ath ens ▁should ▁spend ▁some ▁time . ▁ ▁He ▁retained ▁office ▁until ▁a ▁week ▁before ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁ ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 3 . ▁He ▁was ▁regarded ▁by ▁the ▁monarch ical ▁right ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁dangerous ▁obst acles ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁of ▁a ▁rest oration , ▁which ▁he ▁did ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁any ▁man ▁( except ▁perhaps ▁the ▁comte ▁de ▁Ch amb ord ▁himself ) ▁to ▁prevent , ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁extreme ▁left ▁he ▁was ▁dist r usted ▁for ▁his ▁moder ate ▁views , ▁and ▁G amb etta ▁never ▁forg ave ▁his ▁victory ▁at ▁Bor de aux . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁he ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Ac adémie ▁française ▁and ▁a ▁life ▁sen ator , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 6 , ▁on ▁the ▁res ignation ▁of ▁Jules ▁D uf a ure , ▁was ▁sum mon ed ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁cabinet . ▁He ▁replaced ▁anti - rep ublic an ▁function aries ▁in ▁the ▁civil ▁service ▁by ▁republic ans , ▁and ▁held ▁his ▁own ▁until ▁ 3 ▁May ▁ 1 8 7 7 , ▁when ▁he ▁adopted ▁a ▁motion ▁carried ▁by ▁a ▁large ▁majority ▁in ▁the ▁Chamber ▁inv iting ▁the ▁cabinet ▁to ▁use ▁all ▁means ▁for ▁the ▁repr ession ▁of ▁cler ical ▁ag itation . ▁ ▁His ▁cler