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The middle class had freed commerce from her fetters of privilege, and had freed thought from her fetters of theology, at least partially; but it had not freed, nor attempted to free, labour from its fetters. THE MIDDLE CLASS HAD FREED COMMERCE FROM HER FETTERS OF PRIVILEGE AND HAD FREED THOUGHT FROM HER FETTERS OF THEOLOGY AT LEAST PARTIALLY BUT IT HAD NOT FREED NOR ATTEMPTED TO FREE LABOR FROM ITS FETTERS
 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. 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. The more extravagant part of the hopes expressed by the eighteenth century revolution were vague enough, and tended in the direction of supposing that the working classes would be benefited by what was to the interest of the middle class in some way quite unexplained—by a kind of magic, one may say—which welfare of the workers, as it was never directly aimed at, but only hoped for by the way, so also did not come about by any such magical means, and the triumphant middle classes began gradually to find themselves looked upon no longer as rebellious servants, but as oppressive masters. T 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 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 THE MORE EXTRAVAGANT PART OF THE HOPES EXPRESSED BY THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY REVOLUTION WERE VAGUE ENOUGH AND TENDED IN THE DIRECTION OF SUPPOSING THAT THE WORKING CLASSES WOULD BE BENEFITED BY WHAT WAS TO THE INTEREST OF THE MIDDLE CLASS IN SOME WAY QUITE UNEXPLAINED BY A KIND OF MAGIC ONE MAY SAY WHICH WELFARE OF THE WORKERS AS IT WAS NEVER DIRECTLY AIMED AT BUT ONLY HOPED FOR BY THE WAY SO ALSO DID NOT COME ABOUT BY ANY SUCH MAGICAL MEANS AND THE TRIUMPHANT MIDDLE CLASSES BEGAN GRADUALLY TO FIND THEMSELVES LOOKED UPON NO LONGER AS REBELLIOUS SERVANTS BUT AS OPPRESSIVE MASTERS
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