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Of great events, great hazards, great adventures, great men, thank God, we have seen enough, we have them heaped higher than our heads. OF GREAT EVENTS GREAT HAZARDS GREAT ADVENTURES GREAT MEN THANK GOD WE HAVE SEEN ENOUGH WE HAVE THEM HEAPED HIGHER THAN OUR HEADS
s of the ancient French formation, appear and disappear in them every instant, athwart the storm clouds of systems, of passions, and of theories. These appearances and disappearances have been designated as movement and resistance. At intervals, truth, that daylight of the human soul, can be descried shining there. This remarkable epoch is decidedly circumscribed and is beginning to be sufficiently distant from us to allow of our grasping the principal lines even at the present day. We shall make the attempt. The Restoration had been one of those intermediate phases, hard to define, in which there is fatigue, buzzing, murmurs, sleep, tumult, and which are nothing else than the arrival of a great nation at a halting-place. These epochs are peculiar and mislead the politicians who desire to convert them to profit. In the beginning, the nation asks nothing but repose; it thirsts for but one thing, peace; it has but one ambition, to be small. Which is the translation of remaining tranquil. REST THE CENTURY OLD PROFILES OF THE ANCIENT FRENCH FORMATION APPEAR AND DISAPPEAR IN THEM EVERY INSTANT ATHWART THE STORM CLOUDS OF SYSTEMS OF PASSIONS AND OF THEORIES THESE APPEARANCES AND DISAPPEARANCES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE AT INTERVALS TRUTH THAT DAYLIGHT OF THE HUMAN SOUL CAN BE DESCRIBED SHINING THERE THIS REMARKABLE EPOCH IS DECIDEDLY CIRCUMSCRIBED AND IS BEGINNING TO BE SUFFICIENTLY DISTANT FROM US TO ALLOW OF OUR GRASPING THE PRINCIPAL LINES EVEN AT THE PRESENT DAY WE SHALL MAKE THE ATTEMPT THE RESTORATION HAD BEEN ONE OF THOSE INTERMEDIATE PHASES HARD TO DEFINE IN WHICH THERE IS FATIGUE BUZZING MURMUR SLEEP TUMULT AND WHICH ARE NOTHING ELSE THAN THE ARRIVAL OF A GREAT NATION AT A HALTING PLACE THESE EPOCHS ARE PECULIAR AND MISLEAD THE POLITICIANS WHO DESIRE TO CONVERT THEM TO PROFIT IN THE BEGINNING THE NATION ASKS NOTHING BUT REPOSE IT THIRSTS FOR BUT ONE THING PEACE IT HAS BUT ONE AMBITION TO BE SMALL WHICH IS THE TRANSLATION OF REMAINING TRANQUIL
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