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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6), by Hippolyte A. Taine This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) The Ancient Regime Author: Hippolyte A. Taine Annotator: Svend Rom Translator: John Durand, 1880 Posting Date: June 18, 2008 [EBook #2577] Release Date: April, 2001 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ANCIENT REGIME *** Produced by Svend Rom THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE, VOLUME 1 THE ANCIENT REGIME by Hippolyte A. Taine CONTENTS: PREFACE. BOOK FIRST. The Structure of the Ancient Society. CHAPTER I. The Origin of Privileges. CHAPTER II. The Privileged Classes. CHAPTER III. Local Services Due by the Privileged Classes. CHAPTER IV. Public services due by the privileged classes. BOOK SECOND. Habits and Characters. CHAPTER I. Social Habits. CHAPTER II. Drawing room Life. CHAPTER III. Disadvantages of this Drawing room Life. BOOK THIRD. The Spirit and the Doctrine. CHAPTER I. Scientific Acquisition. CHAPTER II. The Classic Spirit, the Second Element. CHAPTER III. Combination of the two elements. CHAPTER IV. Organizing the Future Society. BOOK FOURTH. The Propagation of the Doctrine. CHAPTER I. Success in France. CHAPTER II. The French Public. CHAPTER III. The Middle Class. BOOK FIFTH. The People CHAPTER I. Hardships. CHAPTER II. Taxation the principal cause of misery. CHAPTER III. Intellectual state of the people. CHAPTER IV. The Armed Forces. CHAPTER V. Summary. INTRODUCTION Why should we fetch Taine's work up from its dusty box in the basement of the national library? First of all because his realistic views of our human nature, of our civilization and of socialism as well as his dark premonitions of the 20th century were proven correct. Secondly because we may today with more accuracy call his work: "The Origins of Popular Democracy and of Communism." His lucid analysis of the current ideology remains as interesting or perhaps even more interesting than when it was written especially because we cannot accuse him o
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