Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . nein the face. Robespierre strongly repelled and as stronglyattracted. That he stood so firmly for hatred oftyranny, for liberty, and for the sovereignty of thepeople gave him a strong hold, even though themore penetrating must have realized his enormousegotism. His ideas were drawn mainly from Rous-seau, and we find him fighting for things thatRousseau advocated, even though they mightseem outside the sphere of the politician. One hasheard of a modem statesman entering the lists forlarge families; just so Robespierre, in season andout of season, in
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . nein the face. Robespierre strongly repelled and as stronglyattracted. That he stood so firmly for hatred oftyranny, for liberty, and for the sovereignty of thepeople gave him a strong hold, even though themore penetrating must have realized his enormousegotism. His ideas were drawn mainly from Rous-seau, and we find him fighting for things thatRousseau advocated, even though they mightseem outside the sphere of the politician. One hasheard of a modem statesman entering the lists forlarge families; just so Robespierre, in season andout of season, insisted that the mothers in Franceshould nurse their own children. Robespierreeven went so far in his later measures for the reliefof the indigent as to make this a condition ofrendering state aid to destitute mothers. Robespierre and Danton were occasionally inaccord; fundamentally they differed. Danton wasa man more of action than of ideas. He had beenward politician and had engineered the wholeconspiracy that broke out on August loth. Not. !i!iiiiiMiifflimmi^^^^^^^ ?Oj; I < ( !?/<//<< // /// ( fi//,1 I ^ ,//n /lif/i Plate 118. A portrait of Lafayette engraved at the time of his appointment as commander of the National Guards. 273 274 The French Revolution that he was uneducated. He is known to haveread Shakespeare, Adam Smith, and Rousseau,and rumour even went so far as to credit him withreading the whole of the Encyclopaedia. Strangeto say, Robespierre was eventually to find Dantontoo moderate. Yet it was Danton who utteredthe famous Audacity, more audacity, still moreaudacity. It was now, while the foreign enemieswere at the gate, that Danton was at his was more concerned about the ene-mies at home. He had his own little group, aconspirators club, to which continually he keptadding. The members of this club were menwhose worst crime was to hold views contrary tohis own. The Commune, of which Robespierre was themouthpiece, now
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