The author use the world discover to emphasize which idea about freedom

a it means following the set path

b it requires a journey of self-knowledge

c it’s made possible through education

d it’s an impossible task for everyone

chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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what is the question ?

whatever is after like is what is being compared they are comparing bumping into you like they are scared to catch germs you have and to you being contagious