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If one desires to learn at one blow, to what degree of hideousness the fact can attain, viewed at the distance of centuries, let him look at Machiavelli. IF ONE DESIRES TO LEARN AT ONE BLOW TO WHAT DEGREE OF HIDEOUSNESS THE FACT CAN ATTAIN VIEWED AT THE DISTANCE OF CENTURIES LET HIM LOOK AT MACHIAVELLI
 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. Right is the just and the true. The property of right is to remain eternally beautiful and pure. The fact, even when most necessary to all appearances, even when most thoroughly accepted by contemporaries, if it exist only as a fact, and if it contain only too little of right, or none at all, is infallibly destined to become, in the course of time, deformed, impure, perhaps, even monstrous. 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 RIGHT IS THE JUST AND THE TRUE THE PROPERTY OF RIGHT IS TO REMAIN ETERNALLY BEAUTIFUL AND PURE THE FACT EVEN WHEN MOST NECESSARY TO ALL APPEARANCES EVEN WHEN MOST THOROUGHLY ACCEPTED BY CONTEMPORARIES IF IT EXIST ONLY AS A FACT AND IF IT CONTAIN ONLY TOO LITTLE OF RIGHT OR NONE AT ALL IS INFALLIBLY DESTINED TO BECOME IN THE COURSE OF TIME DEFORMED IMPURE PERHAPS EVEN MONSTROUS
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