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The Marquis D'Argenson

Note 434 — VI. 1737-1755. The "Considérations"—The Plan of 1737—The Plan of 1755.

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The popular attacks (see Chap. V.) were directed against the person of the monarch and the ministers. The tradition of the monarchy survived the disasters of the Seven Years' War, and only began to crumble with the dismissal of Turgot. The danger to it threatened by the popular attacks was only understood by a few men like d'Argenson.

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