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Excerpt from The Life of General Dumouriez, Vol. 2 of 3 A death worthy his debauchery, at length difembarrafi'ed France of him, and placed his grandfon, the unfortunate Louis XVI, a prince deferving of a better fate, on the throne. Never did a monarch commence his career with purer intentions, or was worfe fecondcd, more betrayed, or more thwarted. The moral virtues, goodnefs, jufiice, economy, moderation, and the molt precious of all, a dil'truft of his own inex perience, and the mediocrity of his talents thefe qualifications pierced through the de ficiencies of a very negligent education, and even of a very clowniih perfon. 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.