Memorable Scenes in French History: From the Era of Cardinal Richelieu to the Present Time; Embracing the Prominent Events of the Last Three ... Louis XVI., Maria Antoinette, Louis XVII. - Softcover

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Excerpt from Memorable Scenes in French History: From the Era of Cardinal Richelieu to the Present Time; Embracing the Prominent Events of the Last Three Centuries, With Incidents in the Lives of Cardinal Richblieu, Louis XV., Louis XVI., Maria Antoinette, Louis XVII., Mirabeau, Robespierre, Napoleon I

The career of conquest, suffering, and glory which France has run in modern times is without a parallel in history. She may never have deserved, and she may not now deserve, the title and dignity of being the great est of nations. Other communities may have been more powerful, more populous, more opulent, and more worthy of admiration and esteem, than she. They may have made greater discoveries in science; they may have effect ed more important reforms in politics and religion; they may have produced nobler achievements in the fine arts; they may have given birth to bards who have sung in loftier strains of poetry, and to philosophers who have descended to profounder depths of speculation. But yet, if the career of France were blotted out from the history of our world, it would produce a greater chasm and a more sensible loss, than would be felt by the elimination Of the records of any other nation.

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