Henderson, Ernest F. (Ernest Flagg), 1861-1928 · New York, London : G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 152
new communes. The JacobinClub was to the Revolution what the Jesuit Orderhad been to the Roman Catholic reaction of the16th century. The monastery of the Rue St.Honore became the centre of a regular network ofsupervision and control. We have a representa-tion of it that belongs to a later period of… … Plate 52. A Dutch engraving showing the Hall of the Jacobin Club in Paris. The chief virtue that the Jacobins ascribed tothemselves was vigilance, and a great open eyebecame their symbol. It floated on their banners;we even see it on the cap of the typical Jacobindrawn by a patriotic artist. In his…
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