[The Origins of Contemporary France Volume 4 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link bookThe Origins of Contemporary France Volume 4 (of 6) CHAPTER II 1/111
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THE RULERS OF THE COUNTRY. Let us follow the operations of the new government from top to bottom, from those of its ruling bodies and leaders, to its assemblies, committees, delegates, administrators and underlings of every kind and degree.
Like living flesh stamped with a red-hot iron, so will the situation put one their brows the two marks, each with its own different depth and discoloration.
In vain do they, too, strive to conceal their scars: we detect under the crowns and titles they assume the brand of the slave or the mark of the tyrant. I.The Convention. The Convention .-- The "Plain."-- The "Mountain."-- Degradation of Souls .-- Parades which the Convention is obligated to make. At the Tuileries, the omnipotent Convention sits enthroned in the theater, converted into an Assembly room.
It carries on its deliberations daily, in grand style.
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