The King sat at his writing-table, agitated and perplexed.Continuing The February 1848 Revolution in France,our selection fromPopular History of
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The Violence Begins
By daybreak Paris was covered with barricades.Continuing The February 1848 Revolution in France,our selection fromPopular History of France From
Banquets Media for Rebellion
Weakness has a constraining power difficult to understand, which is not foreseen even by those who give way to it; and of this the history of the
Conservatives Consider Concessions
The maintenance of the unity of the Conservative party," said Guizot, "the maintenance of conservative policy and power, will be the fixed idea and
The February 1848 Revolution In France
This series has six easy five minute installments. This first installment: Guizot's Repugnance and Sorrow of Those Painful Days.The French
An Almost Unreadable Conclusion
On the whole then I conclude as follows: If there is a form of Christianity now in the world which is accused of gross superstition, of borrowing its
Valentine’s Day, 2014
Today is Valentines Day, dedicated to romantic love throughout the ages.This year we reprint "Chapter 10" by Jane Austen from Sense and
“Men of a Desperate, Lawless, Reckless Faction”
Such was Christianity in the eyes of those who witnessed its rise and propagation. . . .Today we continue Christianity Appearswith a selection by
Why Romans Opposed Christianity
No wonder that the magistrate who presided at the martyrdom of St. Romanus calls them in Prudentius "a rebel people."Today we continue Christianity