love was to replace marriage, friendships were to be forced upon people by law, children were to become property of the State, with the State dictating how they should be raised. No area of life was to escape the watchful eye of big brother. What had all of this done to the people of France? Not only had it destroyed their industries, their their their culture, and their families, its destruction had also reached into the very soul of France. A personal observation of this was told by the British historian John Robison: A most worthy and accomplished gentleman, who took refuge in this country, leaving behind him his property, and friends to whom he was most tenderly attached, often said to me that nothing so much affected him as the revolution in the hearts of men. — Characters which were unspotted, hearts thoroughly known to himself, having been tried by many things which search the inmost folds of selfishness or malevolence — in short, persons whose judgements were excellent, and on whose worth he could have rested his honor and his life, so fascinated by the contagion, that they came at last to behold, and even to commit the most atrocious crimes with delight.'° And what of the men who planned and carried out the Revolution? Almost to a man they perished as a result of the terror they had created for others. Procession after procession made its way to the guillotine as the factions and leaders turned on and destroyed each other. The lust 52 The Secret Side of History Not only had it destroyed commerce,