The French Revolution, Volume 2
Translated by John Durand
3 volumes in Sphinx
Get it in Sphinx
Coming soon to iPhone and Android. Join the waitlist to hear when Sphinx opens.
The opening
CHAPTER I. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW POLITICAL ORGAN.
In this disorganized society, in which the passions of the people are the sole real force, authority belongs to the party that understands how to flatter and take advantage of these. As the legal government can neither repress nor gratify them, an illegal government arises which sanctions, excites, and directs these passions. While the former totters and falls to pieces, the latter grows stronger and improves its organization, until, becoming legal in its turn, it takes the other’s place.
The whole book is in the Sphinx app.
About this edition
- The words
- John Durand's English translation, copied word for word.
- Copied from
- Left out
- The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 113 places
- The printed table of contents (the app makes its own)