Robespierre
An Essay
John Morley's essay on the French cardinal Robespierre and the Reign of Terror. It is because people so irrationally think fit to insist upon perfection, that Robespierre's admirers would fain deny that he ever had a fault, and the tacit adoption of the same impracticable standard makes it easier for Robespierre's wholesale detractors to deny that he had a single virtue or performed a single service. The point of view is essentially unfit for history. The real subject of history is the improvement of social arrangements, and no conspicuous actor in public affairs since the world began saw the true direction of improveme…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4344-0030-7
- EAN: 9781434400307
- Produktnummer: 2885007
- Verlag: Wlc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 124 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.1 cm x D1.2 cm 187 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 187
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