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Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette (Volume 1); Delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the Congress of the United Sta

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835. Excerpt: ... gust, 1792. During that period, the two distinct Powers were in continual operation--sometimes in concert with each other, sometimes at irreconcilable opposition. Of these Powers one was the People of France, represented by the Parisian populace in insurrection; the other was the People of Fi ance, represented successively by the Constituent Assembly, which formed the Constitution of 1791, and by the Legislative Assembly, elected to carry it into execution. The movements of the insurgent Power were occasionally convulsive and cruel, without mitigation or mercy. Guided by secret springs; prompted by vindictive and sanguinary ambition, directed by hands unseen to objects of individual aggrandizement, its agency fell like the thunderbolt, and swept like the whirlwind. The proceedings of the Assemblies were deliberative and intellectual. They began by grasping at the whole power of the Monarchy, and they finished by sinking under the dictation of the Parisian populace. The Constituent Assembly numbered among its members many individuals of great ability, and of pure principles, but they were overawed and domineered by that other Representation of the People of Fiance, which, through the instrumentality of the Jacobin Club, and the Municipality of Paris, disconcerted the wisdom of the wise, and scattered to the winds the counsels of the prudent. It was impossible that, under the perturbations of such a controlling power, a Constitution suited to the character and circumstances of the Nation should be formed. Through the whole of this period, the part performed by Lafayette was without parallel in history. The annals of the human race exhibit no other instance of a position comparable for its unintermitted perils, its deep responsibilities, and its providential...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781151360892
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 28
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151360899
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 68 gr


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