The History of France, Vol. 6 of 8

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Excerpt from The History of France, Vol. 6 of 8: From the Earliest Times to 1848We must, however, tell our children the History of the French Revolution, we must disentangle the evil from the good, the true from the false, and define the parts played by men and by circumstances. For it will devolve upon our children, under the hand of God, to bring this tragic history to a close, and find for our France, peace, order, and security in that liberty which she demands, and which during so many centuries, and through all the irregularities and inconsis tencies of her long career, she has so persistently sought.At the début of the states-general in 1789, our hearts were for the most part over¿owing with hope, and the most clear-sighted had scarcely a presentiment of the abysses of agitation and sorrow that were opening before us. Ever since his accession to the throne, and in spite of the incon stant weakness of his character, King Louis XVI. Had not ceased to desire and seek the good of his people. But it was his misfortune to become soon tired of his best servants, for T urgot and Malesherbes he had substituted M. Necker, and soon afterwards Calonnc and Brienne. Yielding to pub lic Opinion, he recalled Necker, for the king was already sinking under the unexpected weight of events, which he had neither the knowledge nor the power to direct.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.