Explain the following quote: "All the good things which are connected with manners and with civilization, have, in this European world of ours,...

The quote
you have shared is from the politician 's pamphlet , which was published in
November 1790. The French Revolution had begun in 1789 with the formation of the National
Assembly, which challenged the structure of French society. The Revolution quickly gained
momentum and the authority of the aristocracy and the clergy formerly France's ruling
classesrapidly dissolved. The National Assembly took control of the government and began
abolishing the laws which had propped up the nobility and the clergy for generations. France was
in a state of turmoil, interspersed with bouts of serious violence. France was a major world
power at the time, so its abrupt descent into chaos was shocking to many nations.

Edmund Burke is writing from that shocked point of view. He is horrified to see
this...