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Right is the just and the true. The property of right is to remain eternally beautiful and pure. RIGHT IS THE JUST AND THE TRUE THE PROPERTY OF RIGHT IS TO REMAIN ETERNALLY BEAUTIFUL AND PURE
only opened them to threaten. A fright which can be comprehended, a wrath which can be pardoned. This strange revolution had hardly produced a shock; it had not even paid to vanquished royalty the honor of treating it as an enemy, and of shedding its blood. In the eyes of despotic governments, who are always interested in having liberty calumniate itself, the Revolution of July committed the fault of being formidable and of remaining gentle. Nothing, however, was attempted or plotted against it. The most discontented, the most irritated, the most trembling, saluted it; whatever our egotism and our rancor may be, a mysterious respect springs from events in which we are sensible of the collaboration of some one who is working above man. The Revolution of July is the triumph of right overthrowing the fact. A thing which is full of splendor. Right overthrowing the fact. Hence the brilliancy of the Revolution of 1830, hence, also, its mildness. Right triumphant has no need of being violent.  STUPEFIED AND ONLY OPENED THEM TO THREATEN A FRIGHT WHICH CAN BE COMPREHENDED A WRATH WHICH CAN BE PARDONED THIS STRANGE REVOLUTION HAD HARDLY PRODUCED A SHOCK IT HAD NOT EVEN PAID TO VANQUISHED ROYALTY THE HONOR OF TREATING IT AS AN ENEMY AND OF SHEDDING ITS BLOOD IN THE EYES OF DESPOTIC GOVERNMENTS WHO ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HAVING LIBERTY CALUMNIATE ITSELF THE REVOLUTION OF JULY COMMITTED THE FAULT OF BEING FORMIDABLE AND OF REMAINING GENTLE NOTHING HOWEVER WAS ATTEMPTED OR PLOTTED AGAINST IT THE MOST DISCONTENTED THE MOST IRRITATED THE MOST TREMBLING SALUTED IT WHATEVER OUR EGOTISM AND OUR RANCOR MAY BE A MYSTERIOUS RESPECT SPRINGS FROM EVENTS IN WHICH WE ARE SENSIBLE OF THE COLLABORATION OF SOME ONE WHO IS WORKING ABOVE MAN THE REVOLUTION OF JULY IS THE TRIUMPH OF RIGHT OVERTHROWING THE FACT A THING WHICH IS FULL OF SPLENDOR RIGHT OVERTHROWING THE FACT HENCE THE BRILLIANCY OF THE REVOLUTION OF EIGHTEEN THIRTY HENCE ALSO ITS MILDNESS RIGHT TRIUMPHANT HAS NO NEED OF BEING VIOLENT
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