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Chapter 9 - Writing the French Revolution

from The French Revolution Debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2020

By
Mary A. Favret
Edited by
Nancy E. Johnson  and
Paul Keen
Nancy E. Johnson
Affiliation:
State University of New York, New Paltz
Paul Keen
Affiliation:
Carleton University, Ottawa
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Similar pauses punctuate the Historical and Moral View: a people enslaved by their king and court, with “no distinct idea of what is meant by liberty in a practical sense” lack the “wisdom of experience” to step forward into the space of authority (6: 221). “The progress of reason being gradual,” such instruction cannot be rushed; it may take decades, perhaps longer (6: 210).2

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Mary Wollstonecraft in Context , pp. 77 - 86
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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