What did Prince Klemens von Metternich most likely mean when he wrote that a “revolutionary spirit could . . . easily hide itself under the veil of patriotism”?

A “veil” is something that conceals what is underneath. Metternich meant that people with revolutionary aims could present themselves as patriots, making their true intentions harder to recognize. So the best answer is that revolutionaries were trying to hide their true intentions.

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