Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cyclopedia of Universal History, Vol. 16 of 16: Embracing the Most Complete and Recent Presentation of the Subject in Two Principal Parts or Divisions of More Than Six Thousand Pages; Part I, History of Man; Part II, History of Events This brief revival of popular' influence, however, promised more than might be ful filled. In what possible manner could Liber alism flourish under the reign of a Bourbon king? Richelieu and his Liberal majority at first struck out for some radical reforms which were found to be too salutary for the diseased times in which they were projected. 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.