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They were everywhere, except under the throne. The House of Bourbon was to France the illustrious and bleeding knot in her history, but was no longer the principal element of her destiny, and the necessary base of her politics. THEY WERE EVERYWHERE EXCEPT UNDER THE THRONE THE HOUSE OF BOURBON WAS TO FRANCE THE ILLUSTRIOUS AND BLEEDING KNOT IN HER HISTORY BUT WAS NO LONGER THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENT OF HER DESTINY AND THE NECESSARY BASE OF HER POLITICS
ople 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. 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. 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 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
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