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hey reverted to their formerposition. The tribunals occasionally abused their powers, com-mitted some crimes, and made errors. The murder of theCarraras was a national sin; the execution of Foscarini agrievous blunder. But they were a popular body, and with- 1 The Ten cotild act promptly too. In ■… … THE PRISONS IIS stood every attack upon them. They were a bulwarkagainst treachery: they protected the people from the insol-ence and arbitrariness of nobles: they maintained equality,and were stern censors of morals. Tlieir best defence isthe fact that they endured to the fall of the Republic.…
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