Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 231
of democracy. Thisfaith was blended in the soul ofCharlotte Corday, with a passionateadmiration of antiquity. All theausterity and repub-lican enthusiasm of herillustrious ancestor,Pierre Corneille, seemedto have come down tohis young descendant.Even Rousseau andRaynal, the apostles ofdemocracy,… … Bending Over an Open Volume ofPlutarchs Lives. Charlotte Corday and French Revolution 201 Corday be seen in her convent cell, thoughtfully bend-ing over an open volume of Plutarch; that powerfuland eloquent historian of all heroic sacrifices. When the Abbaye aux Dames was closed in conse-quence of…
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