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 ters happened in a manner inverse to the one customary in the England of the 17th century. In England, for instance, "the great rebellion" preceded "the glorious revolution," while in France "the glorious revolutions" usually had to give way to "the great rebellions." This fact repeated itself in the entire course of the 19th century. Upon the heels of "the glorious revolution" of 1830 in Paris followed the rather sizable "great rebellion" of the weavers in Lyon, which gave the whole bourgeoisie such a great fright; upon "the glorious revolution" of February, 1848, glorified even by Lamartine, followed "the great June rebellion," which prompted the bourgeoisie to seek refuge in the arms of a military dictatorship; and upon the "most glorious" September revolution of 1870 followed, finally, in March of the subsequent year, the "greatest of all French rebellions." The bourgeoisie now claims that the "great rebellions" always have injured the cause of "the glorious revolutions." We cannot here consider the correctness of this claim in its application to the 19th century, but must yield