...issues in the work of the revolutionary assemblies. It issues in the famous declaration of August 18, 1792 : "A State that is truly free ought not to suffer...public instruction, have merited well of the country." l That was one of the mottoes of modern absolutism : the absolute State faced the absolute individual....

...issues in the work of the revolutionary assemblies. It issues in the famous declaration of August 18, 1792: "A State that is truly free ought not to suffer...dedicated to public instruction, have merited well of the country1." That was one of the mottoes of modern absolutism: the absolute State faced the absolute...

...of the community as expressed in acts of parliament which 1 Cf. the French declaration of 18 August, 179,2 : " A state that is truly free ought not to...public instruction, have merited well of the country " (Maitland, Coll. Papers, hi. 311). could extend, restrict, or redistribute the various liberties...

...assemble for their pretended interests." A state that is "truly free," one of the legislators said, "ought not to suffer within its bosom any corporation,...public instruction, have merited well of the country." Benevolent societies and mutual-aid associations were made illegal or at least suspect. "It is the...

...revolutionary assemblies. It issues in the famous declaration of August 18, 1792: "A State that is truly tree ought not to suffer within its bosom any corporation,...dedicated to public instruction, have merited well of the country."6 That was one of the mottoes of modern absolutism: the absolute State faced the absolute...

...issues in the work of the revolutionary assemblies. It issues in the famous declaration of August 18, 1792: " A State that is truly free ought not to suffer...dedicated to public instruction, have merited well of the country1." That was one of the mottoes of modern absolutism: the absolute State faced the absolute...