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The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 4 (of 6)

CHAPTER II
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(Report of April 15.)] [Footnote 3267: See "The Revolution," II., 313.] [Footnote 3268: A single phrase often suffices to give the measure of a man's intellect and character.

The following by Saint-Just has this merit.

(Apropos of Louis XVI.

who, refraining from defending himself, left the Tuileries and took refuge in the Assembly on the 10th of August.) "He came amongst you; he forced his way here....

He resorted to the bosom of the legislature; his soldiers burst into the asylum..


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