ad the doctrine preached to
them that they are sovereign, and they act as sovereigns. The condition
of their intellects being given, nothing is more natural than their
conduct. Several millions of savages are thus let loose by a few
thousand windbags, the politics of the cafe finding an interpreter and
ministrants in the mob of the streets. On the one hand brute force is at
the service of the radical dogma. On the other hand radical dogma is at
the service of brute force. And here, in disintegrated France, these are
the only two valid powers remaining erect on the debris of the others.

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NOTES:

[Footnote 5401: Necker, "De l'Administration des Finances," II. 422,
435.]

[Footnote 5402: The wages have in 1789 been estimated to be 7 sous 4
deniers of which 2 sous and 6 deniers would have to be paid for the
bread. (Mercure de France, May 7, 1791.)]

[Footnote 5403: Aubertin, 345. Letter to the Comte de St. Germain
(during the Seven Years War). "The soldier's hardships make one's heart
bleed; he passes his days in a state of abject misery, despised and
living like a chained dog to be used for combat."]

[Footnote 5404: De Tocqueville, 190, 191.]

[Footnote 5405: Archives nationales, H, 1591.]

[Footnote 5406: De Rochambeau, "Memoires," I. 427.--D'Argenson, December
24, 1752. "30,000 men have been punished for desertion since the peace
of 1748; this extensive desertion is attributed to the new drill
which fatigues and disheartens the soldier, and especially the
veterans."--Voltaire, "Dict. Phil.," article "Punishments." "I was
amazed one day on seeing the list of deserters, for eight years
amounting to 60,000."]

[Footnote 5407: Archives nationales, H, 554. (Letter of M. de Bertrand,
intendant of Rennes, August 17, 1785).]

[Footnote 5408: Mercier, XI, 121.]

[Footnote 5409: Now we know better. The most healthy bread is the one
in which some bran is left, such bran is not only good for the digestion
but contains vitamins and minerals as well. (SR).]

[Footnote 5410: De Vaublanc, 149.]

[Footnote 5411: De Segur, I, 20 (1767).]

[Footnote 5412: Augeard, "Memoires," 165.]

[Footnote 5413: Horace Walpole, September 5, 1789.]

[Footnote 5414: Laboulaye, "De l'Administration francaise sous Louis
XVI." (Revue des Cours litteraires, IV, 743).--Albert Babeau, I, 111.
(Doleances et veux des corporations de Troyes).]

[Footnote 5415: De Tocqueville, 158.]

[Footnote 5416: Ibid. 304. (The words of Burke