CHAPTER LVII .-- --LOUIS XVI .-- FRANCE ABROAD .-- UNITED STATES' WAR OF.
INDEPENDENCE.

1775-1783.
"Two things, great and difficult as they may be, are a man's duty and may establish his fame.

To support misfortune and be sturdily resigned to it; to believe in the good and trust in it perseveringly.

[M.

Guizot, _Washington_].
"There is a sight as fine and not less salutary than that of a virtuous man at grips with adversity; it is the sight of a virtuous man at the head of a good cause and securing its triumph.
"If ever cause were just and had a right to success, it was that of the English colonies which rose in insurrection to become the United States of America.