... is a subject of thee. This converging movement towards reasoning and justice grew from the theories of such revolutionary thinkers as Voltaire, Rousseau, and the Encyclopedists, who presented a vision of a liberal community with equal rights and responsibilities, wherein reason replaced the monarch's claim to divine right as the ultimate authority, and where all men lived in a brotherhood. It must be acknowledged that such influences as France's severe ... soldiers returned with from America, that was the essential keystone which led to the Revolution. In decisive contrast to this new e...

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