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Quotation from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

“Shams are burnt up; nay, what as yet is the peculiarity of France, the very Cant of them is burnt up”

Thomas Carlyle (spoken by Thomas Carlyle (narrator))

The French Revolution: A History, Vol. III, Book VII (Vendémiaire), Ch. VIII, 'Finis' (Project Gutenberg #1301)

Carlyle's summary verdict on what the Revolution accomplished: the destruction of falsehood, without yet the arrival of new realities.

Citation: "Shams are burnt up; nay, what as yet is the peculiarity of France, the very Cant of them is burnt up" — Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History, Vol. III, Book VII (Vendémiaire), Ch. VIII, 'Finis' (Project Gutenberg #1301). (id the-french-revolution-carlyle-q10)

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