The Life of General Lafayette
The Life of General Lafayette
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Before bearing the reader to the French Revolution, in medias res, it will be necessary briefly to sketch the causes which gave rise to that remarkable period in history. The atrocities to which it led, have hung a pall of gloom and terror around it, which makes the mind associate with it only the idea of anarchy and reckless ferocity. We do not wish to palliate at all these features in this Revolution, and only set the mat- ter in its true light when we say that, its beginning did not at all c...ontemplate such an end. Its origin lay in the progress of the democratic principle which had ad- vanced to decisive action, in the revolutionary struggles of both Britain and her revolted colonies. France had been ripening long for such an outbreak. The English struggle in the seventeenth century, would have awa- kened, at the same time, a corresponding one in France, had the reins of the French Government been then held by a tyrant as weak-minded and inefficient as Charles. Louis XIV. ruled his people with a rod of iron, but his dazzling genius commanded their re- spect, and the height of glory to which he was raising France, won from them shouts of admiration, even amid the groans of their oppression.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Before bearing the reader to the French Revolution, in medias res, it will be necessary briefly to sketch the causes which gave rise to that remarkable period in history. The atrocities to which it led, have hung a pall of gloom and terror around it, which makes the mind associate with it only the idea of anarchy and reckless ferocity. We do not wish to palliate at all these features in this Revolution, and only set the mat- ter in its true light when we say that, its beginning did not at all c...ontemplate such an end. Its origin lay in the progress of the democratic principle which had ad- vanced to decisive action, in the revolutionary struggles of both Britain and her revolted colonies. France had been ripening long for such an outbreak. The English struggle in the seventeenth century, would have awa- kened, at the same time, a corresponding one in France, had the reins of the French Government been then held by a tyrant as weak-minded and inefficient as Charles. Louis XIV. ruled his people with a rod of iron, but his dazzling genius commanded their re- spect, and the height of glory to which he was raising France, won from them shouts of admiration, even amid the groans of their oppression.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by P C Phineas Camp Headley to read onlineMoreLess
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