In fact, the whole power of the state was soon resolved into that body… A very small desertion from either of the other two orders must throw the power of both into the hands of the third.
But when it became apparent that the three orders were to be melted down into one, the policy and necessary effect of this numerous representation became obvious. If the orders were to act separately, the number would not, beyond the consideration of the expense, be of much moment. They were equal in number to the representatives of both the other orders. I found the representation for the Third Estate composed of six hundred persons.
“In the calling of the Estates-General of France, the first thing that struck me, was a great departure from the ancient course.
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