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on 12/5/1771
"Manufacturing establishments not only occasion a positive augmentation of the produce and revenue of the society . . . they contribute essentially to rendering them greater than they could possibly be, without such establishments. These circumstances are . . . greater scope for the diversity of talents and dispositions which discriminate men from each other."
![Picture of Isaac Barre in 1771 [Isaac Barré.]](http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1253279&t=w)
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on 5/15/1771
with the rank of sous-lieutenant.His duties, which included marching in military parades and presenting himself to King Louis, were mostly ceremonial and he continued his studies as usual.
