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It thought that it had roots, because it was the past. It was mistaken; it formed a part of the past, but the whole past was France. The roots of French society were not fixed in the Bourbons, but in the nations. These obscure and lively roots constituted, not the right of a family, but the history of a people. IT THOUGHT THAT IT HAD ROOTS BECAUSE IT WAS THE PAST IT WAS MISTAKEN IT FORMED A PART OF THE PAST BUT THE WHOLE PAST WAS FRANCE THE ROOTS OF FRENCH SOCIETY WERE NOT FIXED IN THE BOURBONS BUT IN THE NATION THESE OBSCURE AND LIVELY ROOTS CONSTITUTED NOT THE RIGHT OF A FAMILY BUT THE HISTORY OF A PEOPLE
hat what it had bestowed it could take back again; that the House of Bourbon possessed the right divine, that France possessed nothing, and that the political right conceded in the charter of Louis XVIII. was merely a branch of the right divine, was detached by the House of Bourbon and graciously given to the people until such day as it should please the King to reassume it. Still, the House of Bourbon should have felt, from the displeasure created by the gift, that it did not come from it. This house was churlish to the nineteenth century. It put on an ill-tempered look at every development of the nation. To make use of a trivial word, that is to say, of a popular and a true word, it looked glum. The people saw this. It thought it possessed strength because the Empire had been carried away before it like a theatrical stage-setting. It did not perceive that it had, itself, been brought in in the same fashion. It did not perceive that it also lay in that hand which had removed Napoleon.  BESTOWED AND THAT WHAT IT HAD BESTOWED IT COULD TAKE BACK AGAIN THAT THE HOUSE OF BOURBON POSSESSED THE RIGHT DIVINE THAT FRANCE POSSESSED NOTHING AND THAT THE POLITICAL RIGHT CONCEDED IN THE CHARTER OF LOUIS THE EIGHTEENTH WAS MERELY A BRANCH OF THE RIGHT DIVINE WAS DETACHED BY THE HOUSE OF BOURBON AND GRACIOUSLY GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE UNTIL SUCH DAY AS IT SHOULD PLEASE THE KING TO REASSUME IT STILL THE HOUSE OF BOURBON SHOULD HAVE FELT FROM THE DISPLEASURE CREATED BY THE GIFT THAT IT DID NOT COME FROM IT THIS HOUSE WAS CHURLISH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY IT PUT ON AN ILL TEMPERED LOOK AT EVERY DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION TO MAKE USE OF A TRIVIAL WORD THAT IS TO SAY OF A POPULAR AND TRUE WORK IT LOOKED GLUM THE PEOPLE SAW THIS IT THOUGHT IT POSSESSED STRENGTH BECAUSE THE EMPIRE HAD BEEN CARRIED AWAY BEFORE IT LIKE A THEATRICAL STAGE SETTING IT DID NOT PERCEIVE THAT IT HAD ITSELF BEEN BROUGHT IN IN THE SAME FASHION IT DID NOT PERCEIVE THAT IT ALSO LAY IN THAT HAND WHICH HAD REMOVED NAPOLEON
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