THE RUINS,

OR

MEDITATION

ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF EMPIRES;

By Mr. VOLNEY,

Deputy to the National Assembly of 1789.

I WILL go live in solitude among the ruins; I will question the ancient monuments on the wisdom of past times. I will ask the ashes of Legislators by what motives Empires rise and fall; from what causes the prosperity and misfortunes of Nations are born; upon what principles, finally, the peace of societies and the happiness of men must be established. Ch. IV, page 24.

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August 1791.