In which John discusses one of his favorite paintings, Eugene Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People.
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Other topics include the French Revolution, the Reign of Terror, the rise of Napoleon, and how by the time Eugene Delacroix painted his most famous painting, he had lived his entire life in political and social crisis due to failed revolutions and YET STILL somehow managed to be hopeful about the revolution of July, 1830.
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