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...forgotten dust heap. The French Revolution, unlike the American and Russian Revolutions, was not left to work out its destiny in remote solitude. France's pre-Revolutionary success had made it the center of the world. What happened at the center concerned all. Within the souls of Frenchmen, and outside the borders of their country, the counter-revolutionary pressures mounted. The tumult of the irresistible crunching against the immovable made constructive thought impossible...
...Great Weakness. Thus in the formative years of modern France a pattern was set that persisted into the relatively calm decades; even when they had time, Frenchmen did not concentrate on political institutions. They could, and did, think seriously on the lofty level of eternal verities in the relation of man and society, tapping the springs of pre-Revolutionary French thought, both conservative and radical. Or they could, and usually did, conduct their politics in terms of the expediency of the moment, carelessly altering and confusing their political institutions to conform to fitful winds. Modern France always takes itself seriously...
That millions of French workers are born Marxists does not mean that Marx is a legitimate heir of the French Revolution. He is an interloper who picked up the allegiance of millions of Frenchmen while the leaders of France were locked in the long, unended struggle between the Revolution and the old order...
Heading the list of educational opportunities are a number of jobs for students teaching conversational English to Frenchmen in France. A conversational knowledge of French is required...
Then Professor Walter Hallstein, West Germany's delegate, made a fervent plea for French-German friendship. His words were the kindest heard between Germans and Frenchmen in years. Monnet had difficulty blinking away his tears. For the former brandy salesman from Cognac (and onetime investment banker in Manhattan), it was a great moment. Monnet had worked out the plan that Schuman had presented to the world...