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It was evident that a change must be made. _Louis XVI._ himself knew it, and slurred over the words in his coronation oath that bound him to extirpate heresy; but he was a slow, dull man, and affairs had come to such a pass that a far abler man than he could hardly have dealt with the dead lock above, without causing a frightful outbreak of the pent up masses below. IT WAS EVIDENT THAT A CHANGE MUST BE MADE LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH HIMSELF KNEW IT AND SLURRED OVER THE WORDS IN HIS CORONATION OATH THAT BOUND HIM TO EXTIRPATE HERESY BUT HE WAS A SLOW DULL MAN AND AFFAIRS HAD COME TO SUCH A PASS THAT A FAR ABLER MAN THAN HE COULD HARDLY HAVE DEALT WITH THE DEDLOCK ABOVE WITHOUT CAUSING A FRIGHTFUL OUTBREAK OF THE PENT UP MASSES BELOW
al literature was studied, and Greek and Roman manners and institutions were thought ideal perfection. There was great disgust at the fetters of a highly artificial life in which every one was bound, and at the institutions which had been so misused. Writers arose, among whom Voltaire and Rousseau were the most eminent, who aimed at the overthrow of all the ideas which had come to be thus abused. The one by his caustic wit, the other by his enthusiastic simplicity, gained willing ears, and, the writers in a great Encyclopædia then in course of publication, contrived to attack most of the notions which had been hitherto taken for granted, and were closely connected with faith and with government. The king himself was dully aware that he was living on the crust of a volcano, but he said it would last his time; and so it did. Louis XV. died of smallpox in 1774, leaving his grandsons to reap the harvest that generations had been sowing. CHAPTER VII. THE REVOLUTION. 1. Attempts at Reform.--  CHAPTER SEVEN OF HISTORY OF FRANCE THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OUGHT TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY ADEL POOLY HISTORY OF FRANCE BY CHARLOTTE M YOUNGER CHAPTER SEVEN THE REVOLUTION ONE ATTEMPTS AT REFORM
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