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History of the Girondists, Volume I

BOOK VI
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Rousseau; and if we like certain articles but little, still less do we like civil war.

So many grounds of accusation! The crime of these men is settled.

Strike, then! If the head sleeps, shall the arm act?
Raise not that arm again; do not rouse the national club only to crush insects.

A Varnier or De Latre! Did Cato and Cicero accuse Cethegus or Catiline?
It is the leaders we should assail.

Strike at the head." This strain of irony and boldness, less applauded by the clapping of hands than by shouts of laughter, delighted the tribunes.


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