A Sketch of the History of France, From the Suspension of the Monarchy in 1792, to Its Re-Establishment in 1815

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Excerpt from A Sketch of the History of France, From the Suspension of the Monarchy in 1792, to Its Re-Establishment in 1815: With Illustrative Official PapersThat the period of history occupied by the Revolution is filled with events of the most important character is obvious, for how can the formidable attempt to esta blish the dominion of passion on the mins of the moral feelings be witnessed with indif ference? Or how can the consequences of a system, founded on the denial of the Author of all good, be regarded as a light result, beneath the attention of the human intellect - 0n the contrary, it may be safely anticipated that its data will afford matter of reference to all suc ceeding times and that whilst the overthrow which it exhibits will afford to rulers a tremen dous example of the dangerous tendency of depraved manners iii the superior ranks, it will, at the same time, display to all the miseries which may attend the disturbance of national institutions from the ill-taught and arrogant domination of persons possessing talent, yet abandoning the moral duties.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.