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Well, the reasonable part of those hopes were realized by the revolution; in other words, it accomplished what it really aimed at, the freeing of commerce from the fetters of sham feudality; or, in other words, the destruction of aristocratic privilege. WELL THE REASONABLE PART OF THOSE HOPES WERE REALIZED BY THE REVOLUTION IN OTHER WORDS IT ACCOMPLISHED WHAT IT REALLY AIMED AT THE FREEING OF COMMERCE FROM THE FETTERS OF SHAM FEUDALITY OR IN OTHER WORDS THE DESTRUCTION OF ARISTOCRATIC PRIVILEGE
le entered on to a new phase; the middle classes had gained a complete victory, which in France carried with it all the outward signs of victory, though in England they chose to consider a certain part of themselves an aristocracy, who had indeed little signs of aristocracy about them either for good or for evil, being in very few cases of long descent, and being in their manners and ideas unmistakably _bourgeois_. So was accomplished the second act of the great class struggle with whose first act began the age of commerce; as to the hopes of this period of the revolution we all know how extravagant they were; what a complete regeneration of the world was expected to result from the abolition of the grossest form of privilege; and I must say that, before we mock at the extravagance of those hopes, we should try to put ourselves in the place of those that held them, and try to conceive how the privilege of the old noblesse must have galled the respectable well-to-do people of that time. RD THE CLASS STRUGGLE ENTERED ON TO A NEW PHASE THE MIDDLE CLASSES GAINED A COMPLETE VICTORY WHICH IN FRANCE CARRIED WITH IT ALL THE OUTWARD SIGNS OF VICTORY THOUGH IN ENGLAND THEY CHOSE TO CONSIDER A CERTAIN PART OF THEMSELVES AN ARISTOCRACY WHO HAD INDEED LITTLE SIGNS OF ARISTOCRACY ABOUT THEM EITHER FOR GOOD OR FOR EVIL BEING IN VERY FEW CASES OF LONG DESCENT AND BEING IN THEIR MANNERS AND IDEAS UNMISTAKABLY BOURGEOIS SO WAS ACCOMPLISHED THE SECOND ACT OF THE GREAT CLASS STRUGGLE WITH WHOSE FIRST ACT BEGAN THE AID OF COMMERCE AS TO THE HOPES OF THIS PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION WE ALL KNOW HOW EXTRAVAGANT THEY WERE WHAT A COMPLETE REGENERATION OF THE WORLD WAS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM THE ABOLITION OF THE GROSSEST FORMS OF PRIVILEGE AND I MUST SAY THAT BEFORE WE MOCK AT THE EXTRAVAGANCE OF THOSE HOPES WE SHOULD TRY TO PUT OURSELVES IN THE PLACE OF THOSE THAT HELD THEM AND TRY TO CONCEIVE HOW THE PRIVILEGE OF THE OLD NOBLESSE MUST HAVE GALLED THE RESPECTABLE WELL TO DO PEOPLE OF THAT TIME
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