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On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Jonathan King wrote:
I always supposed that French and Spanish cooperation with the American
colonists was based almost exclusively on the fact they wanted to weaken
Britain.
Right. The cynical view of human behavior, especially of royals and other
world leaders, is usually right.
The French royalty and aristocracy of the 18th century practically
*define* dismissive and arrogant, with a bit of stupifying ignorance
thrown in. I mean, "Let them eat cake" (not actually cake but a
different kind of quick bread) was really more completely clueless than
it was arrogant.
It isn't so clear that anyone really ever said that, and if anyone said
that or something like it, it probably was not Marie Antoinette.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette_of_Austria#Anecdotes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake
Mike
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