Excerpt from History of Madame Roland Many characters of unusual grandeur were developed by the French Revolution. Among them all, there are few more illustrious, or more worthy of notice, than that of Madame Roland. The eventful story of her life con tains much to inspire the mind with admiration and with enthusiasm, and to stimulate one to live worthily of those capabilities with which every human heart is endowed. NO person can read the record of her - lofty spirit and of her heroic acts without a higher appreciation of woman's power, and of the mighty influence one may Wleld, who combines the charms of a noble and highly-cultivated mind with the fas cinations of female delicacy and loveliness. TO understand the secret of the almost miraculous influence She exerted, it is necessary to trace her career, with some degree of minuteness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.