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...political gibes. The philosophes of the Enlightenment freely claimed (and were freely granted) credit for fomenting the Revolution. Victor Hugo was peremptorily exiled for 20 years for his support of the 1848 Revolution. François René de Chateaubriand, first proponent of Christian democracy, became Louis XVIII's Foreign Minister. Emile Zola rocked Europe with J'accuse, a defense of Dreyfus that was in fact an indictment of the established order...
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...never more in need of one than through the 81 years which began with the French Revolution (1789) and ended, with another revolution, in the unseating of Napoleon III (1870). In the course of those years, France was twice a republic, twice an empire, thrice a kingdom (Louis XVIII, Charles X, Louis Philippe). Napoleon III, creator of the Second Empire, spent 18 years trying to impose on France an order resembling that created by his notorious uncle...
...June 4 VII Tues., June 7 VIII Fri., May 27 IX Fri., May 27 X Wed., June 1 XI Sat., May 28 XII Mon., June 6 XIII Thurs., May 26 XIV Tues., June 7 XV Wed., June 1 XVI Wed., June 1 XVII Sat., June 4 XVIII Sat., June...
...Tuesday, June 7; Group VIII: Friday, May 27; Group IX: Friday, May 27; Group X: Wednesday, June 1; Group XI: Saturday, May 23; Group XII: Monday, June 6; Group XIII: Thursday, May 24; Group XIV: Tuesday, June 7; Group XV: Wednesday, June 1; Group XVII: Saturday, June 4; Group XVIII: Saturday, June...