Pierre Vergniaud Quote

There was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children.


Alphonse de Lamartine Histoire des Girondins (1847) bk. 38, ch. 20


There was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children.

There was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children.

There was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children.

There was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children.