Negociations relatives a la succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV - Tome III by M. Mignet. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1842 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes."
Negociations relatives a la succession d'Espagne sous Louis XIV - Tome III by M. Mignet. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in...
The payment fell heavily upon individuals; the innocent often suffered for the guilty; a Liancourt died while a Polignac escaped. Many who wished well to France, many who had laboured for her salvation, perished; virtue received the just punishment of vice. But the Revolution has another side; it was no mere nightmare of horrors piled on horrors. It is part of the pathos of History that no good has been unattended by evil, that by suffering alone is mankind redeemed, that through the valley of shadow lies the path by which the race toils slowly towards the fulfilment of its high destiny. And...
The payment fell heavily upon individuals; the innocent often suffered for the guilty; a Liancourt died while a Polignac escaped. Many who wished well...
