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There were two ‘Reigns of Terror’, if we could but remember and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passions, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon a thousand persons, the other upon a hundred million; but our shudders are all for the “horrors of the… momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty and heartbreak? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief terror that we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror - that unspeakable bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.-Mark Twain I do not wish to disown anything of the Revolution. I do not claim to discharge it of anything. I seize it as a whole, its truths and its errors, its virtues and its excesses, its triumphs and its reverses…You will tell me that it violated justice, oppressed liberty, I will agree with you. I will even join in examining the causes of these lamentable digressions. I will go further. I will grant you that the germ of these crimes was present in the very cradle of Revolution! - Francois Guizot Bienvenu! This blog serves as a repository for quotes, images, and discussions relating to the French Revolution in general and Maximilien Robespierre in particular. Periodically gaga over Joan of Arc Also contains personal posts and a substantial amount of historical humor. Please feel free to shoot me a message if you have any questions, comments, or just want to chat. Theme banner kindly created by Honeygsweetescape var ref = (''+document.referrer+''); var w_h = window.screen.width + " x " + window.screen.height; document.write('');

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There were two ‘Reigns of Terror’, if we could but remember and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passions, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon a thousand persons, the other upon a hundred million; but our shudders are all for the “horrors of the… momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty and heartbreak? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief terror that we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror - that unspeakable bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.-Mark Twain I do not wish to disown anything of the Revolution. I do not claim to discharge it of anything. I seize it as a whole, its truths and its errors, its virtues and its excesses, its triumphs and its reverses…You will tell me that it violated justice, oppressed liberty, I will agree with you. I will even join in examining the causes of these lamentable digressions. I will go further. I will grant you that the germ of these crimes was present in the very cradle of Revolution! - Francois Guizot Bienvenu! This blog serves as a repository for quotes, images, and discussions relating to the French Revolution in general and Maximilien Robespierre in particular. Periodically gaga over Joan of Arc Also contains personal posts and a substantial amount of historical humor. Please feel free to shoot me a message if you have any questions, comments, or just want to chat. Theme banner kindly created by Honeygsweetescape var ref = (''+document.referrer+''); var w_h = window.screen.width + " x " + window.screen.height; document.write('');

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