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Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 3"

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(Another list describes the men); a cooper as "aristocrat;" a tripe-
seller as "very incivique, never having shown any attachment to the
Revolution;" a mason has never shown "patriotism," a shoemaker is
aristocrat at all times, having accepted a porter's place under the
tyrant;" four foresters "do not entertain patriotic sentiments," etc.
- "Recueil de Pi?ces, etc.," II., 220. Citoyenne Genet, aged 75, and
her daughter, aged 44, are accused of having sent, May 22, 1792,
thirty-six francs in silver to the former's son, an ?migr? and were
guillotined. - Cf. Sauzay, vols. III., IV., and V. (appendices),
lists of ?migr?s and prisoners in Doubs, where titles and professions,
with motives for confining them, will be found. - At Paris, even
(Archives Nationales, F.7, 31167. report of Latour-Lamontagne,
September 20, 1793), aversion to the government descends very low.
"Three women (market-women) all agree on one point-the necessity of a
new order of things. They complain of the authorities without
exception. . . . If the King is not on their lips, it is much to
be feared that he is already in their hearts. A woman in the Faubourg
St. Antoine, said: If our husbands made the Revolution we know how to
make a counter-revolution if that should be necessary.


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