the Mountain

drew more courage the more its revolutionary energy confined itself to impeachment bills, raised voices and thundering speeches — extremes pushed only as far as phrases.

Recast in definition form from: “Ledru-Rollin and the Montagne, therefore, represented the true revolution, and from the consciousness of this important situation they drew the greater courage the more the expression of revolutionary energy limited itself to parliamentary attacks, bringing in bills of impeachment, threats, raised voices, thundering speeches, and extremes which were pushed only as far as phrases.”

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the mountain