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History of the Girondists, Volume I

BOOK VII
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He may hate them: he dares not to attack them.
XI.
A republic alone can suffice for such crises: nations know this, and cling to it as their sole hope of preservation.

The will of the people becomes the ruling power.

It drives from its presence the timid, seeks the bold and the determined, summons all men to aid in the great work, makes trial of, employs, and combines the force, the devotion, the heroism of every man.

It is the populace that holds the helm of the vessel, on which the most prompt, or the most firm seizes, until it is again torn from him by a stronger hand.

But every one governs in the common name.


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