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What political issue did Hippolyte Taine examine in his 1872 brochure on universal suffrage?
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Hippolyte Taine
Taine, portrait by Léon Bonnat, 1889
In his 1872 brochure, Hippolyte Taine examined the problems and effects of universal suffrage. This work marked a significant shift in his focus toward political analysis following the French defeat in the Franco-German War of 1870–71, which he attributed to a deep-seated national sickness.1