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Quotation from Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
“But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.”
Reflections on the Revolution in France, On the October Days and Marie Antoinette (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text)
The climax of Burke's lament after recalling the queen at Versailles.
Citation: "But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever." — Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, On the October Days and Marie Antoinette (Nimmo edition of Burke's Works, vol. 3, Project Gutenberg text). (id reflections-on-the-revolution-in-france-q5)
Portrait: BurkeReflections, Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Public domain.
