Sister Revolutions

“A keen and judicious meditation on the two great revolutions that created the modern world—what they had in common and where and why they diverged.” —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Pulitzer Prize–winning author In 1790, the American diplomat and politician Gouverneur Morris compared the French and American Revolutions, saying that the French “have taken Genius instead of Reason for their guide, adopted Experiment instead of Experience, and wander in the Dark because they prefer Lightning to Light.” A