“…587. self-governments as national institutions which could help fulfi l one of the most important political dreams of National Democracy -the creation of a truly Polish bourgeoisie, standing in opposition to the Jewish and German fi nancial elites of Warsaw or Łódź. 74 This vision was openly described in Przegląd Narodowy, the press organ of National Democracy: "One of the main reasons for the fall of Poland was the lack of the Polish Third Estate. This fact, whose consequences had previously been ignored, now has become the signpost for the future, which brings with itself irresistible, resolute and indomitable obligations.…”