. Bernadotte, the first phase, 1763-1799. The Volunteers of a puture in the Gallery at I The Assassination of General Dillon, April the picture by Prieur. The revolutionary army had its bright side and its dark side. Its bright side was in thepassionate patriotism of the volunteers. Its dark side was their mutinous indiscipline (p. 47). To face page 48. 1792] THE KING AND QUEEN 49 motives, and that he would follow the call of his con-science. We shall find this phrase, cri de conscience,recurring more than once in Bernadottes correspond-ence .* It is characte
. Bernadotte, the first phase, 1763-1799. The Volunteers of a puture in the Gallery at I The Assassination of General Dillon, April the picture by Prieur. The revolutionary army had its bright side and its dark side. Its bright side was in thepassionate patriotism of the volunteers. Its dark side was their mutinous indiscipline (p. 47). To face page 48. 1792] THE KING AND QUEEN 49 motives, and that he would follow the call of his con-science. We shall find this phrase, cri de conscience,recurring more than once in Bernadottes correspond-ence .* It is characteristic of the Gascon point ofview, that the word cri should be applied to whatwe are in the habit of referring to as a still smallvoice. But, although there was in this letter a touchof racial emotionalism, is there any reason to doubtthat this young officer sincerely regarded his new rankas a post of duty and of honour ? The defeat of the French invaders at Mons, andthe death of General Dillon under a charge of treachery,helped materially to aggravate the growing spirit ofmilitary insubordination and popul
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