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At this moment at least one thousand men are 'bastilled' by an authority as despotic as that of Louis, three times as many as Eldon and George III seized when they trembled for his throne.
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Editor's note · Context
Alexander highlights the alarming number of individuals imprisoned without due process, drawing a parallel to historical despotic regimes.
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