"ALMOST ALL THE VENERABLE NOBILITY TOOK UP ARMS..."
-- All excerpts from Toqueville
...from the most down-home squire to the useless and elegant heirs of the great houses all remembered in that instant (...)
That they had been part of the military ruling caste, and everywhere gave the example of departure and vigor, so great was the vitality of that venerable aristocratic corps...
For they keep a trace of themselves even when they seem reduced to dust and rise several times from the ashes before they rest there for eternity."
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Trains do not function yet and the nobles arrive too late to join the struggle.
But their mobilisation
shows the depth of dread:
They lack confidence in their generals,
fear revolts in other towns,
and remember earlier insurrections' success.
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