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The Story of the French Revolution by Ernest Belford Bax
The first stratum of revolutionists was to the foure. Mirabaut,. lafayette and bay are the central figures of the constituent assembly dupart bernave and la mette, its extreme men. The comte de mirabau, 17 forty nine 17 91, was the leader of the moderate party in the assembly. His stupendous powers of oratory made him a useful ally and a dangerous foe. It appears then that even the most advanced parliamentarians of the day were not prepared to go beyond the present prussian constitution. A little judicious coercion from the tribunes, or people's galleries, which were tenanted by advanced revolutionists, exercised a