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Human Affairs governed by permanent Principles. Characters of Na- 
. tions how formed. Character of the French Nation. History of the 
| Spirit of the French Nation for more than a Century past. Connect- 
- ton between the institution of the French Academy and the late Revo- 
_ hition in France. The greatest Characters in the highest Stations, 
carried, alone with others, on the Tide of public Opinion. Question 
- concerning the real Views of the Authors of the French Revolution. 
~ Manifesto drawn up by Condorcet, and decreed by the National As- 
8 The same extravagant Hopes of general Improvement and 
_ Happiness that were entertained in France, diffused throughout other 
- Countries in Europe. Different Parties and Denominations of Men 
concur in a desire to subvert the old, and establish a new Order of 
Affairs. The immediate Commencement of the Millennium expected. 
Miserable Disappointment. The Constitution from which so much had 
_ been expected, fraught with the Seeds of Dissolution and the most shock- 
_ ing Crimes and direful Calamities. In the Midst of these, the Levity 
and Impetuosity of the French Character still prodominant. The first 
The of the new Constitution adopted by the Legislative Assembly. 
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Revolution and Massacres of Avignon. The ambitious Policy of 
French the same as that of the ancient Romans. Act against 
ation, and for punishing the Emigrants. This not sanctioned 
by the King. The king writes Letters to the Princes, pressing them 
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