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The attempt has been made, and wrongly, to make a class of the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie is simply the contented portion of the people. THE ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE AND WRONGLY TO MAKE A CLASS OF THE BOURGEOISIE THE BOURGEOISIE IS SIMPLY THE CONTENTED PORTION OF THE PEOPLE
 to denounce and retrench the harshness of enthusiasm, to cut all angles and nails, to wad triumph, to muffle up right, to envelop the giant-people in flannel, and to put it to bed very speedily, to impose a diet on that excess of health, to put Hercules on the treatment of a convalescent, to dilute the event with the expedient, to offer to spirits thirsting for the ideal that nectar thinned out with a potion, to take one’s precautions against too much success, to garnish the revolution with a shade. 1830 practised this theory, already applied to England by 1688. 1830 is a revolution arrested midway. Half of progress, quasi-right. Now, logic knows not the “almost,” absolutely as the sun knows not the candle. Who arrests revolutions half-way? The bourgeoisie? Why? Because the bourgeoisie is interest which has reached satisfaction. Yesterday it was appetite, to-day it is plenitude, to-morrow it will be satiety. The phenomenon of 1814 after Napoleon was reproduced in 1830 after Charles X. F ENTHUSIASM TO CUT ALL ANGLES AND NAILS TO WAD TRIUMPH TO MUFFLE UPRIGHT TO ENVELOPE THE GIANT PEOPLE IN FLANNEL AND TO PUT IT TO BED VERY SPEEDILY TO IMPOSE A DIET ON THAT EXCESS OF HEALTH TO PUT HERCULES ON THE TREATMENT OF A CONVALESCENT TO DILUTE THE EVENT WITH THE EXPEDIENT TO OFFER TO SPIRITS THIRSTING THROUGH THE IDEAL THAT NECTAR THINNED OUT WITH A POTION TO TAKE ONE'S PRECAUTION AGAINST TOO MUCH SUCCESS TO GARNISH THE REVOLUTION WITH A SHADE EIGHTEEN THIRTY PRACTISED THIS THEORY ALREADY APPLIED TO ENGLAND BY SIXTEEN EIGHTY EIGHT EIGHTEEN THIRTY IS A REVOLUTION ARRESTED MIDWAY HALF OF PROGRESS QUASI RIGHT NOW LOGIC KNOWS NOT THE ALMOST ABSOLUTELY AS THE SUN KNOWS NOT THE CANDLE WHO ARRESTS REVOLUTIONS HALF WAY THE BOURGEOISIE WHY BECAUSE THE BOURGEOISIE IS INTEREST WHICH HAS REACHED SATISFACTION YESTERDAY IT WAS APPETITE TODAY IT IS PLENITUDE TOMORROW IT WILL BE SATIETY THE PHENOMENON OF EIGHTEEN FOURTEEN AFTER NAPOLEON WAS REPRODUCED IN EIGHTEEN THIRTY AFTER CHARLES THE TENTH
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