Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Geoponici" to "Germany"

part in it. In 1792 he was chosen elector of Paris. In the

revolutionary turmoil Gerle developed a strong vein of mysticism, mingled with ideas of reform, and in June 1790 the prophetic powers of Suzanne Labrousse (1747-1821), a visionary who had predicted the Revolution ten years before, were brought by him to the notice of the Convention. In Paris, where he lived first with a spir...