Tea at Trianon: The Hanging Girl

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Saturday, October 16, 2010

The Hanging Girl

This is one of the most evil things I have ever seen. Share

3 comments:

Unknown said...: Oh yeah, I've seen that before. That's when "Save the Earth" people get to mad. Have you seen the movie where the opononts of global warming get blown up?

These are all leftists by the way. They just love people so much.; October 16, 2010 at 4:33:00 PM EDT
Melissa Mazza said...: This is my first comment on this blog. Thank you, Elena Maria, for this wonderful blog. I didn't comment on the link since there seems to be a bit of vitriol in the comments and the assumptions of the blog writer. I just want to say that not all environmentalists are pro-abortion or "anti-people" as he says. I am a devout (albeit very flawed) Catholic, pro-life, and socially conservative. That said, I also love the earth and don't want to see it destroyed by human ignorance. Pitting readers against "leftists" is simply distracting from the real problems. I do not think that population control is the way to avoid global climate change-legislation and simple corporate limitations that have been shown to work are what I would like to see happen. I just hate feeling marginalized by conservatives because I am an environmentalist. You can love God, your fellow man, and the Earth. Really!; October 16, 2010 at 7:00:00 PM EDT
elena maria vidal said...: No, I have not seen the film, Informer. Sounds awful.

Thank you for commenting, Melissa. I believe you. I was taught to care for the environment as a child; we are supposed to be responsible stewards of creation. Isn't it terrible how some people take it to an extreme?; October 16, 2010 at 7:10:00 PM EDT