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it was known as "the gypsy,"
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"the monster," "blue cholera" and "King Cholera,"
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among other names as well.
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Now, since the nineteenth century was an era of acute social tensions,
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it was, as you all know, marked by a series of revolutions,
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and is often dubbed the rebellious century for that reason.
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You know about the revolutions of 1830,
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the revolutionary wave of 1848 to 1849,
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across the continent,
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when there were something like fifty revolutions
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within a two-year period.
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Italian independence, the Paris Commune.