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CONTENTS.

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION .

PRELIMINARY NOTICE.

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BOOK I.

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I. Opposing Judgments passed on the French Revolution at its Origin

II. The Fundamental and Final Object of the Revolution was not, as

has been supposed, the destruction of Religious Authority and

the weakening of Political Power

III. Showing that the French Revolution was a Political Revolution

which followed the course of Religious Revolutions, and for what

Reasons

IV. Showing that nearly the whole of Europe had had precisely the

same Institutions, and that these Institutions were everywhere

falling to pieces

V. What was the peculiar scope of the French Revolution

BOOK II.

I. Why Feudal Rights had become more odious to the People in-

France than in any other country

II. Showing that Administrative Centralisation is an Institution ante-

rior in France to the Revolution of 1789, and not the product of

the Revolution or of the Empire, as is commonly said.

III. Showing that what is now called Administrative Tutelage was an

Institution in France anterior to the Revolution.

IV. Administrative Jurisdiction and the Immunity of Public Officers

are Institutions of France anterior to the Revolution.

V. Showing how Centralisation had been able to introduce itself

among the ancient Institutions of France, and to supplant with-

out destroying them

VI. The Administrative Habits of France before the Revolution

VII. Of all European Nations France was already that in which the

Metropolis had acquired the greatest preponderance over the

Provinces, and had most completely absorbed the whole Empire

VIII. France was the Country in which Men had become the most alike

IX. Showing how Men thus similar were more divided than ever into

small Groups, estranged from and indifferent to each other

X. The Destruction of Political Liberty and the Estrangement of

Classes were the causes of almost all the disorders which led to

the Dissolution of the Old Society of France

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