"After the (French) Revolution the philosophes seemed in retrospect to be giants, their adversaries mere pygmies. Today, now that the faith in progress, liberty, and a beneficent natural order is being questioned, we can consider with more patience the criticism which this faith received when it was formulated." Palmer, p 223.
The Judgment, the Verdict, of History...
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The Judgment, the Verdict, of History...
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