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To say "the skilful" amounts to saying "the mediocre." In the same way, to say "statesmen" is sometimes equivalent to saying "traitors." If, then, we are to believe the skilful, revolutions like the Revolution of July are severed arteries; a prompt ligature is indispensable. TO SAY THE SKILFUL AMOUNTS TO SAYING THE MEDIOCRE IN THE SAME WAY TO SAY STATESMEN IS SOMETIMES EQUIVALENT TO SAYING TRAITORS IF THEN WE ARE TO BELIEVE THE SKILFUL REVOLUTIONS LIKE THE REVOLUTION OF JULY ARE SEVERED ARTERIES A PROMPT LIGATURE IS INDISPENSABLE
 and cowardly writer; he is nothing but the fact. And he is not only the Italian fact; he is the European fact, the fact of the sixteenth century. He seems hideous, and so he is, in the presence of the moral idea of the nineteenth. This conflict of right and fact has been going on ever since the origin of society. To terminate this duel, to amalgamate the pure idea with the humane reality, to cause right to penetrate pacifically into the fact and the fact into right, that is the task of sages. CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED But the task of sages is one thing, the task of clever men is another. The Revolution of 1830 came to a sudden halt. As soon as a revolution has made the coast, the skilful make haste to prepare the shipwreck. The skilful in our century have conferred on themselves the title of Statesmen; so that this word, _statesmen_, has ended by becoming somewhat of a slang word. It must be borne in mind, in fact, that wherever there is nothing but skill, there is necessarily pettiness.  CHAPTER TWO OF BOOK ONE OF LE MISERABLE VOLUME FOR BY VICTOR HUGO THIS IS A LIVERPOX RECORDING ALL LIVERPOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERPOX DOT ORDE RECORDING BY EMMA JOYCE LE MISERABLE VOLUME FOR BY VICTOR HUGO TRANSLATED BY ISABEL FLORENCE HAPGOOD BOOK ONE A FEW PAGES OF HISTORY CHAPTER TWO BADLY SEWED BUT THE TASK OF SAGES IS ONE THING THE TASK OF CLEVER MEN IS ANOTHER THE REVOLUTION OF EIGHTEEN THIRTY CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT AS SOON AS A REVOLUTION HAS MADE THE COAST THE SKILFUL MAKE HASTE TO PREPARE THE SHIPWRECK THE SKILFUL IN OUR CENTURY HAVE CONFERRED ON THEMSELVES THE TITLE OF STATESMEN SO THAT THIS WORD STATESMAN HAS ENDED BY BECOMING SOMEWHAT OF A SLANG WORD IT MUST BE BORNE IN MIND IN FACT THAT WHEREVER THERE IS NOTHING BUT SKILL THERE IS NECESSARILY PETTINESS
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