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MAIN CURRENTS IN
NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE
BY
GEORGE BRANDES
IN SIX VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED
III
THE REACTION IN FRANCE
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1906
Hätt 'ich gezaudert zu werden,
Bis man mir's Leben gegönnt.
Ich wäre noch nicht auf Erden
Wie Ihr begreifen könnt.
Wenn Ihr seht, wie sie sich geberden.
—GOETHE.
There is no philosophy possible where fear of consequences
is a stronger principle than love of truth.
—JOHN STUART MILL.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
| I. | THE REVOLUTION | |
| II. | THE CONCORDAT | |
| III. | THE PRINCIPLE OF AUTHORITY | |
| IV. | "LE GÉNIE DU CHRISTIANISME" | |
| V. | JOSEPH DE MAISTRE | |
| VI. | BONALD | |
| VII. | CHATEAUBRIAND | |
| VIII. | MADAME DE KRÜDENER | |
| IX. |