Chapter 2: The Epoch of the French Revolution
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| Source | America and the New Epoch |
| Year | 1916 |
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Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”II THE EPOCH OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THE fire which consumed feudalism was kindled in the French parliament, called together when the feudal monarchy, bankrupt by ineflSciency and extravagance, had arrived at the end of its rope. The declaration of the rights of man, made in the August night of 1789, ranges with the Magna Charta and our Declaration of Independence as one of the greatest documents of human history. It wiped out all privilege. It demanded the freedom of the fullest in- dividual development for all human beings — liberie. It established equal rights before the law for all — egalite. The last demand, brotherhood of man, fra- ternitc, was promptly forgotten for another century. The great revolution was bloodless, the privi- 13 AMERICA AND THE NEW EPOCH leged classes voluntarily resigned their specialSource-Located Theme Snippets
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Section titled “Ether references”II THE EPOCH OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THE fire which consumed feudalism was kindled in the French parliament, called together when the feudal monarchy, bankrupt by ineflSciency and extravagance, had arrived at the end of its rope. The declaration of the rights of man, made in the August night of 1789, ranges with the Magna Charta and our Declaration of Independe ...Field language
Section titled “Field language”... stocratic rulers of to-day are the descendants of common folk, put on the throne by the country lawyer's son. The Russian winter — not the Russian army — broke the spell of victory of France, and on the AMERICA AND THE NEW EPOCH battle-field of Waterloo finally tlie Prussian army under Blueclier saved tlie British army and turned defeat into victory, and France was conquered. But not so the new idea. The defeat of France had become possible only by the adop- tion of the new ...Transients / damping
Section titled “Transients / damping”... roduced the new ideas, and it was a new Prussia, the Prussia of the new era, which rose and defeated Na- poleon. Thus, while France was defeated, the ideas which France had given to the world con- quered. It is true, after Waterloo a temporary reac- tion set in. In unholy alliance, Austria, Rus- sia, and Prussia, together with the restored Bourbon France, tried to re-establish feudalism. But in 1830 France broke away, under the bourgeois king, Louis Philippe, and in 1848 the revolu ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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