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Quotation from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
“Alas, whatever quarrel we had with them, has not their cruel fate abolished it? Pity only survives”
The French Revolution: A History, Vol. III, Book III (The Girondins), Ch. IX, 'Extinct' (Project Gutenberg #1301)
Having criticised the Girondins for their eloquent ineffectiveness, Carlyle lets their deaths change the tone of his judgment.
Citation: "Alas, whatever quarrel we had with them, has not their cruel fate abolished it? Pity only survives" — Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History, Vol. III, Book III (The Girondins), Ch. IX, 'Extinct' (Project Gutenberg #1301). (id the-french-revolution-carlyle-q9)
