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Excerpt from A Century of Revolution 1789-1920
The greater number Of European States were, in the eighteenth century, absolute monarchies. Their princes, bound by custom rather than by law, and regarding their dominions as so much private property, looked upon good government as a duty owed to God rather than to their people. They were not infrequently accustomed to consult their subjects on political matters in some kind Of popular assembly, Of which the French states-general is a good example, but they were seldom bound to follow the advice thus given, SO that, in effect popular Opinion and criticism, could only find expression in rebellion and the use violence.
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