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The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 4 (of 6)

CHAPTER I
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"Equality, indeed, (is) the final aim of social art." (Condorcet, 'Tableau des progres de l'esprit humain," II., 59.--"We desired," writes Baudot, "to apply to politics the equality which the Gospel awards to Christians." (Quinet, "Revolution Francaise, II., 407.)] [Footnote 2161: Buchez et Roux, XXXV, 296 (The words of Saint-Just.)--Moniteur, XVIII, 505 (Ordinance of the Paris Commune, Frimaire 3, year II).

"Wealth and Poverty must alike disappear under the regime of equality."] [Footnote 2162: Ib.

XXXV, 296 ("Institutions" by Saint-Just).

"A man is not made for trades, nor for a workhouse nor for an alms-house; all this is frightful."-- Ibid., XXXI., 312.

(Report of Saint-Just, Ventose 8, year II.) "Let all Europe see that you will not allow a miserable man on French territory!...


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