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...July 11, 1789, La Fayette tried to fill the frame by presenting to the States-General his radical Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens. But the Revolution quickly became too violent and ugly for his aristocratic reformer's views, and La Fayette was forced to flee France, leaving Adrienne and their three children behind to fend for themselves...
...King Louis XVI, and the mess was that fantastic and shattering imbroglio-the French Revolution. Louis, dressed in old brown plush and very dirty linen, did not look much of a King at the moment. He had just been frustrated in the most sensible decision of his reign-to flee from his capital with his family. The royal entourage had as much chance of inconspicuous anonymity as a troupe of menagerie freaks.They were recognized 125 miles from Paris at Varennes and-the whole coach train of them-hauled back to finish their roles as tragedians in the century...
...Duty to Stay? As a result, both physicians and laymen in both East and West Germany are hotly debating the question: Has a physician the right to flee for private reasons, or is it his bounden duty to stay for the sake of his patients...
...Need to Flee. But even more impressive reasons argue for going. The jack-booted regime has a genius for antagonizing intellectuals - even those it is most anxious to placate. It denies doctors the right to prescribe any drugs not made in Iron Curtain countries. It puts pressure on them to rush workers back to their jobs, to put productivity above professional judgment. A West German physician sympathizes: "Any reputable doctor recognizes his ethical duty to his patients. But he also has an ethical duty to his children. And suppose the authorities demand that he make confidential reports on the political...
...heard of a scheme to designate part of a projected Washington cultural center as a memorial to rough-riding Theodore Roosevelt. Mrs. Longworth blasted the plan in tones that sounded like an echo of T.R. himself. Said she: "The hell with the cultural center as a memorial. I flee from thinking about things like that. It has nothing to do with a memorial to my father...