The main idea of the quotation be the chief of engineers is that the French were going to help them.
The Chief of engineers had the main idea that there was a hundred times more enthusiasm concerning the revolution.
He was trying to say that in the French capital of Paris, more people were enthusiastic and prepared for the revolution compared to the entire United States.
This statement and idea was put forward by Benedikt Arnold who fought in the continental war as a general.
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