Excerpt from The French Revolution, 1789-1795
The French Revolution may be studied from many different sides. It may be viewed as a succession of thrilling incidents, or as the attempt to realize certain ideals, or as a portion of the International History of Europe, or as the destruction of medi?val institutions, or as a series of political and social experiments.
I have tried, in this book, to combine these points of view so far as seemed practicable in the space at my disposal. This has, of course, necessitated a rigorous exclusion of all minor incidents, and even of many that were by no means unimportant. My object has been not so much to record facts, as to arrange them in such a way as shall bring out their significance, and especially, their relation to the problems of our own time. I have even ventured in a brief concluding chapter to point out what seem to me the chief lessons taught by the Revolution.
It is scarcely necessary to say that much caution should be used, when applying such lessons to particular circumstances. Yet such applications have to be made. We rightly expect the history of the past to throw light on the questions of the present. This light cannot safely be neglected by those wishing to form sound political judgments.
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