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The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 3 (of 6)

CHAPTER III
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They may be years in doing this, placing convinced or controlled men and women, first in the faculties, later in career post, so that they, 30 years later, have their people on all leading posts; or they may do it all at once, like the Jacobins in France, Lenin in Russia or Stalin in the conquered territories after the second world war.

(SR).] [Footnote 3302: Duvergier, "Collection des lois et decrets," decrees of Sept.

22 and Oct.

19, 1792.

The electoral assemblies and clubs had already proceeded in many places to renew on their own authority the decree rendering their appointments valid.] [Footnote 3303: The necessity of placing Jacobins everywhere is well shown in the following letter: "Please designate by a cross, on the margin of the jury-panel for your district, those Jacobins that it will do to put on the list of 200 for the next quarter.


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