When the Great Revolution burst upon the unhappy land of France, the streets ran red with blood as the suddenly released citizenry flexed its muscles, drank the heady wine of power, and revenged itself on the nobility of France. Men marched to the stirring strains of “The Marseillaise.” They stormed the Bastille and freed its political prisoners. They scaled Notre Dame and tore the cross from on high and flung it to the streets below. “We are going to pull down everything that reminds you of God,” a revolutionary told a peasant. The people hated the arrogant Roman Catholic Church as much as they did the arrogant aristocracy. The guillotine worked night and day. The great nobles of France were hauled off in farmers’ carts to meet their fate amid the jeers and cheers of the people.
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