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though ill educated, was a man of considerable ability, much industry, and great force of character, arising from a profound belief that France was the first country in the world, and himself the first of Frenchmen; and he had a magnificent courtesy of demeanour, which so impressed all who came near him as to make them his willing slaves. THOUGH ILL EDUCATED WAS A MAN OF CONSIDERABLE ABILITY MUCH INDUSTRY AND GREAT FORCE OF CHARACTER ARISING FROM A PROFOUND BELIEF THAT FRANCE WAS THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND HIMSELF THE FIRST OF FRENCHMEN AND HE HAD A MAGNIFICENT COURTESY OF DEMEANOR WHICH SO IMPRESSED ALL WHO CAME NEAR HIM AS TO MAKE THEM HIS WILLING SLAVES
st geniuses of all times, was attaching himself to the Jansenists. This religious party, so called from Jansen, a Dutch priest, whose opinions were imputed to them, had sprung up around the reformed convent of Port Royal, and numbered among them some of the ablest and best men of the time; but the Jesuits considered them to hold false doctrine, and there was a continual debate, ending at length in the persecution of the Jansenists. Pascal's "Provincial Letters," exposing the Jesuit system, were among the ablest writings of the age. Philosophy, poetry, science, history, art, were all making great progress, though there was a stateliness and formality in all that was said and done, redolent of the Spanish queen's etiquette and the fastidious refinement of the Hôtel Rambouillet. 5. Court of Louis XIV.--The attempt from the earliest times of the French monarchy had been to draw all government into the hands of the sovereign, and the suppression of the Fronde completed the work. Louis XIV.,  THE GREATEST GENIUSES OF ALL TIMES WAS ATTACHING HIMSELF TO THE JANSENISTS THIS RELIGIOUS PARTY SO CALLED JANSEN A DUTCH PRIEST WHOSE OPINIONS WERE IMPUTED TO THEM HAD SPRUNG UP AROUND THE REFORMED CONVENT OF PORT ROYAL AND NUMBERED AMONG THEM SOME OF THE ABLEST AND BEST MEN OF THE TIME BUT THE JESUITS CONSIDERED THEM TO HOLD FALSE DOCTRINE AND THERE WAS A CONTINUAL DEBATE ENDING AT LENGTH IN THE PERSECUTION OF THE JANSENISTS BASCAL'S PROVINCIAL LETTERS EXPOSING THE JESUIT SYSTEM WERE AMONG THE ABLEST WRITINGS OF THE AGE PHILOSOPHY POETRY SCIENCE HISTORY ART WERE ALL MAKING GREAT PROGRESS THOUGH THERE WAS A STATELINESS AND FORMALITY IN ALL THAT WAS SAID AND DONE REDOLENT OF THE SPANISH QUEEN'S ETIQUETTE AND THE FASTIDIOUS REFINEMENT OF THE HOTEL HARMUILLIER FIVE COURT OF LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH THE ATTEMPT FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES OF THE FRENCH MONARCHY HAD BEEN TO DRAW ALL GOVERNMENT INTO THE HANDS OF THE SOVEREIGN AND THE SUPPRESSION OF THE FRONDE COMPLETED THE WORK LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH
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