Note 5 — LETTER XL.

Now note, first, in this passage what material of loyalty and affection there was still in the French heart before the Revolution; and, secondly, how useless it is to be a good King, if the good King allows his officers to live upon the cost of compulsory measures.5 And remember that the French Revolution was the revolt of absolute loyalty and love against the senseless cruelty of a “good King.”