O poor mortals, how ye make this Earth bitter for each other; this fearful and wonderful Life fearful and horrible; and Satan has his place in all hearts! Such agonies and ragings and wailings ye have, and have had, in all times: — to be buried all, in so deep silence; and the salt sea is not swoln with your tears.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian

The French Revolution: A History, Part 1, Book 5, ch. 5 (1.5.5) (1837)
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As the prospect of violence mounts within Paris on the night of 13 July 1789. The next day was the storming of the Bastille.