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Author:	Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793.
Title:	Chains of slavery: A work wherein the clandestine and villianous attempts of princes to ruin liberty are pointed out, ...
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TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

CONTENTS.

THE CHAINS OF SLAVERY.

CHAP. I. Of the Power of Time.

CHAP. II. Of Public Entertainments.

CHAP. III. Of Public Enterprizes.

CHAP. IV. Of gaining the Affections and Confidence of the Subjects.

CHAP. V. Of the Pomp of Power.

CHAP. VI. To abase the People.

CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT.

CHAP. VII. Of the Fine Arts and Sciences.

CHAP. VIII. Of corrupting the People.

CHAP. IX. Of procuring Opulence.

CHAP. X. Of Luxury.

CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT.

CHAP. XI. To cherish the People's Avarice.

CHAP. XII. Of Debauchery.

CHAP. XIII. False Ideas of Liberty.

CHAP. XIV. Of getting Creatures.

CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT.

CHAP. XV. Of rooting out the Love of Glory.

CHAP. XVI. Of encouraging Servility.

CHAP. XVII. Of turning virtuous Men out of Places.

CHAP. XVIII. Of disuniting the People.

CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT.

CHAP. XIX. Of multiplying the Tools of Power.

CHAP. XX. Of placing corrupted Men at the Helm.

CHAP. XXI. Of securing the Tools of Power from the Sword of Justice.

CHAP. XXII. Of filling the Courts of Judicature with corrupted Men.

CHAP. XXIII. Of secret Practices.

CHAP. XXIV. Of making Innovations.

CHAP. XXV. Of disarming the Subjects.

CHAP. XXVI. Of providing for the Pay of the Military.

CHAP. XXVII. Of Acts of Power against Law, and of Judgments of Law against Liberty.

CHAP. XXVIII. Of Unconcernedness.

CHAP. XXIX. To wear out the Zeal of the People by false Alarms.

CHAP. XXX. Of ill grounded Writings.

CHAR. XXXI. Of Satirical Writings.

CHAP. XXXII. Of Invectives.

CHAP. XXXIII. Of bad Writings.

CHAP. XXXIV. Of too great a Multiplicity of Writings.

CHAP. XXXV. Of the excessive Moderation of the People.

CHAP. XXXVI. Of concealing public Grievances.

CHAP. XXXVII. Of preventing the Redress of public Grievances.

CHAP. XXXVIII. Of the Artifices made use of in order to suppress public Clamours.

CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT.

CHAP. XXXIX. Of the Hypocrisy of Princes.

CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT.

CHAP. XL. Of Ignorance.

CHAP. XLI. False Idea of Tyranny.

CHAP. XLII. Of Superstition.

CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT.

CHAP. XLIII. Of the Confederacy between Princes and Priests.

CHAP. XLIV. Fruitless Efforts of the People.

CHAP. XLV. Of Treachery.

CHAP. XLVI. Constant Pursuit of the same Designs.

CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT.

CHAP. XLVII. Of Corrupting the Legislature.

CHAP. XLVIII. Of the want of Spirit and Steadiness in the Represen∣tatives to oppose ministerial Attempts.

CHAP. XLIX. Of preventing Insurrections.

CHAP. L. Of suppressing those Offices which share Power.

CHAP. LI. To incapacitate the People from attempting any Insurrection.

CHAP. LII. Of accustoming the People to military Expeditions.

CHAP. LIII. Of securing the Fidelity of the Army.

CHAP. LIV. To secure the military from civil Power.

CHAP. LV. To inspire the Military with Contempt for the Citizens.

CHAP. LVI. Of Usury, Exactions, and Extortions.

CHAP. LVII. To undermine the Supreme Authority.

CHAP. LVIII. To usurp Supreme Power.

CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT.

CHAP. LIX. Of violent Measures.

CHAP. LX. Inconsideration and Folly of the People.

CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT.

CHAP. LXI. Inconsiderate Vanity of the People.

CHAP. LXII. Of Flattery.

CHAP. LXIII. The Subjects forge their own Chains.

CHAP. LXIV. Of Despotism.

CHAP. LXV. Of the Fear of Torments.