The world: historical and actual . Mary de RICHELIEU. eminent, ami swayed the destinies of France with amore absolute hand than Catherine de Medici. Hisaim through life was threefold : to crush Protestant-ism, the nobility and Austria. He never for a mo-ment lost sight of either object, and pursued hispurpose with a genius which has given his name im-mortal luster. He seemed, viewed from the stand-point of passing events, to vacillate. He varied hispolicy, now helping the Protestants in the Thirty-Years War, then putting down their sympathizersat home, and still again bending all his
The world: historical and actual . Mary de RICHELIEU. eminent, ami swayed the destinies of France with amore absolute hand than Catherine de Medici. Hisaim through life was threefold : to crush Protestant-ism, the nobility and Austria. He never for a mo-ment lost sight of either object, and pursued hispurpose with a genius which has given his name im-mortal luster. He seemed, viewed from the stand-point of passing events, to vacillate. He varied hispolicy, now helping the Protestants in the Thirty-Years War, then putting down their sympathizersat home, and still again bending all his energies tocripple the nobility, irrespective of religion. Hiseventful life terminated in 1642, success havingcrowned his triple ambition to a very large extent,especially at home. The weak Louis XIII. did net long survive hisgreat prime minister. Brave in war, bat in peacethe mere tool of Richelieu, he gave place the yearfollowing the death of that illustrious statesman toLouis XIV., called Louis the Grand, in whom theimperial policy of the cardi
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