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which hay. l.,el, risen or which have become powerful

which have lately risen or which have become powerful
through Inheritance sEd matrimonial coanecoas lss
Henry VII Fer lin AMI the Catholic MANmi an et Arsr
and oher with whom this royalty - ds.trucivs 20 th-
nobility originated The standing armies with wnicn tney
surround themselves correspond % the body gusrd NJ ne
petty Greek tyrants their common policy dictated by
their common interest rssembed the family concessions
Of the old yrans among themselves aud Arir eisnc-'
with foreign despots The love OF sprndOr the CULTIVATION
Of and sciences the occupation Of the people With and
their interest in grand enterprises here there the
political means Of preserving snd then became the CO.
operative Of undermining the Gsurped power And
what itself decides the resemblance fhe pheuome
ma that modern absOlusm ike the tyrSnns Of antiquity
forms merely the point Of transition from sstscrsc 70
democratic institutions Ii hiss accomplished - mission
il has broken every where the power Of the nobility nju
rous 10 all it has by the national character OF its policy
awakened among the people the consciousness OF their
unity il has rendered culture equally accessible 20 All
classes has opened field SLd protected the indus
try Of the lower classes agsns the ensroachmens OF ARTS
tocratc violence and privilege it has prepared the way
for the idea Of citizenship liberty sud Of equal
rights Of all citizens of the State il hiss founded the de-
nocracy ii not with regard % all It's forms yet % every
thing that is essential Abso1csm has sccsmpl ned this
MISSION only there where has sreSdy been obliged
surrender to the people sHd is representatives, its un
tied power but II continues 70 accomplish even there
where It'll in the possession of It's power inagnes that
i, must and does operate against that mission
The stsge Of political development therefore at which
we see wba. in limited called the modern
times from the fall of the Byzantine Empire to time
arrS 3D. Is TIE transition OF power from the few 10 the
many variousy aided or resisted BY absolu;ism. THIS
single phenomenon wholly occupies this extensive period
The same developments extended even in petty Greece
through centuries. in modern Europe ia aspacs and
under circumstances much grauder they still going
day in the fourth century since their
TIE entire period from the middle 10 the present time
led by the single contest Of democratic ideas, which
we're prOpagaied among men by the reformation with the
srt0crauc Institutions Of the middle aud with ALSO
lu,m placed between these elements which now favOrs
the old ieudal-now the demOcrAo Institutions which
supported by and Interested IN behalf Of the bour-
geose helps 10 humble the art0crscy taking refuge
uneer The protection Of The later struggles agtu't me IA
cressng poser Of the lOxeF classes Daring the French
uiioI, Immediately preceding the peri which
f the subject Of this historical treatise all these oppo-
cite elements struggled with each other with yzor which
commonly belongs to fr-t costet contest apparently
ie az lat the history Ot tss present = n0,hing ee
than rsrewsI Il the not yet decided contest
fed continually widening and the same contest sll
be- tegusahed 10 the coming generation for further
decision.
more accurate review 81 the great leading events Of
The ceniuri, vii from every direction, BRING IS back
Ills poat Of view in which the relation Of the past to
the pIeseni presents Itself