"The revolution had been a struggle, not so much between the nation and the king, as between one caste and another: it was the rising up of millions of the oppressed against thousands of oppressors. The primary object of that great movement was the destruction of aristocratical privileges; the destruction of the monarchy was merely a collateral incident."
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