Sleep Story 228 – Marie Antoinette by Hilaire Belloc
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The Spanish Austrian Empire
Spain had a vast colonial system and an invincible fleet. It was impossible for the French Crown and nation not to be opposed to its political power. France gave unconsciously perhaps, as a people but with acute consciousness as a government, her whole energies during four generations. The duty of the French was other: their independence was not threatened, it was rather their dignity and special soul which were in peril. They treasured and built up their reserves through long eclipse of national power.
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