Wemusthopeforthesakeoflibertythatthesegloomyfanaticswillneverfinallybecomeourmasters。
Giventhesilentpowerofreasonovermysticbeliefs，itisquiteuselesstoseektodiscuss，asissooftendone，therationalvalueofrevolutionaryorpoliticalideas。Onlytheirinfluencecaninterestus。Itmatterslittlethatthetheoriesofthesupposedequalityofmen，theoriginalgoodnessofmankind，thepossibilityofre—makingsocietybymeansoflaws，havebeengiventheliebyobservationandexperience。Theseemptyillusionsmustbecountedamongthemostpotentmotivesofactionthathumanityhasknown。
3。TheJacobinMentality。
Althoughtheterm``Jacobinmentality’’doesnotreallybelongtoanytrueclassification，Iemployitherebecauseitsumsupaclearlydefinedcombinationwhichconstitutesaveritablepsychologicalspecies。
ThismentalitydominatesthemenoftheFrenchRevolution，butisnotpeculiartothem，asitstillrepresentsoneofthemostactiveelementsinourpolitics。