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from a comparatively small district around Paris to its full develop- 

 ment. Coming down to later times, the author exhibits pretty 

 clearly the growth of arbitrary power and of the unjust privileges 

 of the nobles, and repeatedly dwells on the misery which these 

 produced among the masses of the people. Thus he prepares the 

 way for an understanding of the Revolution, which of course oc- 

 cupies a considerable share of attention. In this part of his work, 

 however, it seems to us that he dwells rather too much on the 

 horrors that were then enacted, and too little on the benefits that 

 the Revolution ultimately brought. Napoleon is treated with jus- 

 tifiable severity, while at the same time his good deeds are duly 

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