Third Republic

Definition and stakes

William Henry Hurlbert,  France and the Republic

“ To say this is to say that the Third Republic does not exist in France by the will of the French people; [Pg xcvii] and this I believe to be absolutely true. The Third Republic exists by virtue of the control which its partisans have acquired of the administrative machinery of the Government, or, in other words, by virtue of political corruption and intimidation. So great has been the multiplication of functionaries great and small under the Third Republic, that it is not easy to get at an accurate estimate of their numbers. ”
Source: Gutenberg

Herbert David Croly,  The Promise of American Life

“ The Third Republic has on the whole been more national in its domestic policy than were any of the preceding French governments for over two hundred years; but it has still fallen far short of its duty in that respect. The healing of one wound has always been followed by the opening of another. Irreconcilable differences of opinion still subsist; and they are rarely bridged or dissolved by any fundamental loyalty of patriotic feeling. ”
Source: Gutenberg

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