In 1727 we stand on the threshold of that far-resounding fiery workshop, where a hundred hands wrought the cunning implements and Cyclopean engines that were to serve in storming the hated citadels of superstition and injustice.
Morley reflects on the significant cultural and intellectual developments leading up to the French Revolution.
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