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THE FEDERATION OF FRANCE

All the realm had bound itself together in the girdle of Federation, one which preceded the United Europe of later utopists.
Mirabeau had favored the movement, thinking that the King would gain by the country people coming to Paris, where they might overpower the citizens. He deluded himself into the belief that the sight of royalty would result in an alliance which no plot could break.