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Loading... The Selected Work of Tom Paine & Citizen Tom Paineby Thomas Paine
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"[...]possibilities of support by the army, and in the provinces. I asked if he had consulted any of the most influential leaders,-Sieves, Lafayette, etc. He had not: he and Paine had acted alone. An American and an impulsive nobleman had put themselves forward to change the whole governmental system of France. Resisting his entreaties, I refused to translate the Proclamation. Next day the republican Proclamation appeared on the walls in every part of Paris, and was denounced to the Assembly. The idea of a Republic had previously presented itself to no one: this first intimation filled with consternation the Right and the moderates of the Left. Malouet, Cazales, and others proposed prosecution of the author, but Chapelier, and a numerous party, fearing to[...]". No library descriptions found. |
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