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piece of a delivered people . Party hostilities h&wever become extinct with those who cherish them , and as events roll on , the merit and talent of those concerned in them are ? estimated at their true-value . The era of justice , of restitution , of apotheosis arrives . The calumniated heroes of the revolution are considered
with more impartiality , and whosoever has entered into the spirit Qf the revolution and felt the immensity of the new destinies which it generated for mankind , is prepared to admire in Mirabeau a great man , and the first hero of the revolutionary movement . < As a contrast to the egotism , the lukewarmness , the pusillanimity of those who now guide or represent their fellow-citizens , it is exhilarating to contemplate the philanthropy of those who at the
risk of their ease , their fortune , and their liberty , resisted and struggled to the last against the enemies of the progress of civilization . These f Souvenirs sur Mirabeau' are then worthy of notice ; they are written by a man of probity who lived in the greatest intimacy with the illustrious orator , and who presents us with his Memoirs to make us feel the power , the greatness of mind , the simplicity , and the kindness of Mirabeau .
The results of the revolution are evident and generally known ; so also are many of the principal facts which marked its course ; but the secret influences which operated upon , and modified those facts , have not been sufficiently exposed , and there are still many mysteries which have baffled investigation . The springs of the plot have often escaped the nicest observation . What secret machinations ! What crimes whose instigators have never been
detected J As long as we have no account of the revolutionary factions , and of the secret agency employed , we may say that a history of the Freuch Revolution has not yet appeared . The author of the * Souvenirs sur Mirabeau' depicts with great local accuracy a succession of scenes which agitate , surprise , or console us . He describes characters , relates facts , which the dignity of history neglects , but which are precious to the observer and philosopher . The narrative of a man who tells without art what
passed under his own eyes , and what he was for the most part concerned in ( although indirectly ) , the living picture which he draws , the interest which he throws over it , his very partialities , are instructive . Men such as Mr . Dumont , who have watched and noted the events as they took place , are the best qualified to provide materials for history . Observe the simplicity and truth with which he sketches the operations of the 5 th and 6 th of
October- * Or * the 5 th we dined with Servan in the palace called " petites Ecuries" where he had apartments assigned him as governor of the pages . We saw from the windows which overlooked the square , the populace of Paris arriving in crowds , the Poissardes , * the ^ forts de la Halle , "f and the mob all clamouring for bread . * ' * fish-wotnen . t Men employed in unloading the casts of corn and other provisions .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1832, page 530, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1818/page/26/
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