Excerpt from Autobiography at the Opening of the Revolutionary Age, Vol. 9: 1750 1790 Louis XVI came to the throne Of France, as we have noted, a Well-meaning youth, in 1774. The next year the American Revolution broke out; and we have seen in a preceding volume how Franklin, the aged American philosopher, visited the court Of the youthful king to seek French aid. In America the Revolution was upheld and brought to a successful end by Washington; and it is Washington therefore, rather than the dreaming Goethe, who is to be ...
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Excerpt from Autobiography at the Opening of the Revolutionary Age, Vol. 9: 1750 1790 Louis XVI came to the throne Of France, as we have noted, a Well-meaning youth, in 1774. The next year the American Revolution broke out; and we have seen in a preceding volume how Franklin, the aged American philosopher, visited the court Of the youthful king to seek French aid. In America the Revolution was upheld and brought to a successful end by Washington; and it is Washington therefore, rather than the dreaming Goethe, who is to be regarded as the greatest figure of the age. Whatever slightest autobiographical material re mains Of Washington is gathered here and reverently presented. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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