Power was entirely in the hands of the Mountain now. Within six days, the constitution that had been tossed back and forth between the Mountain and the Girondins for a year had been drafted, finalized, and set down as law. It was, as Robespierre had intended, the most democratic constitution the world had yet seen, and everybody knew that it was his. All men, regardless of class, were allowed to vote. State education and welfare assistance were promised to all. Total freedom of magic was acknowledged for the first time as a right of blood, regardless of class, race, or sex. After three
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