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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The settlement 011814-1815 then was the work solely of princes and their ministers, and the nations concerned took no part in it. In conformity with the 18th century spirit of enlightened despotism it was governed solely by rea sons 01' State which included dynastic expediency, the interests of the governing classes. Tradition, and theories founded on the Machiavellian principles of the l6lh century, entirely unaffected by the feelings and ideas which had ins pired the Revolutions in England, America and France.