A Strange Scene at Mass E-book
Author: Gouverneur Morris
Genre: History / Biography
Morris, Gouverneur (1752-1816) American statesman and diplomat.
A conservative landed aristocrat and Federalist, Morris helped
frame the New York State Constitution, was a member of the
Continental Congress, and later (1792-1794) minister to France.
Distrusting democracy, he endorsed a government dominated by the
upper class. His writings include Observations on the American
Revolution (1779), Diary and Letters (2 vols., published in 1888)
and A Dairy of the French Revolution 1789-1793 published in 1939.
A Strange Scene at Mass (published posthumously, 1888)
Taken from Morris' Diary and Letters, this short piece by Morris
points out the vacuity of the French ruling class.
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