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La Fayette enjoyed an incomparable prestige for about a year after the fall of the Bastille. As the "Hero of Two Worlds" he has remained the incarnation of the bourgeois revolution. His sincerity, disinterestedness and generosity surrounded him with a halo, but he was more a man of romantic illusions and somewhat juvenile vanity than of political skill or realistic sense. He was more a symbol than a leader.
— Jan 07, 2021 09:03PM
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The calling of the Estates-General assumed in the eyes of the people a hope both radiant and nebulous, a hope for a national regeneration, a new era in which men would be more happy. It is in this aspect that the Revolution, at its beginning, can be compared to many religious movements in their early stages, in which poor men joyously see a return to the earthly paradise.
— Jan 08, 2021 10:12PM
