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The halt presupposes the combat of yesterday and the combat of to morrow. It is the partition between 1830 and 1848. What we here call combat may also be designated as progress. The bourgeoisie then, as well as the statesmen, required a man who should express this word Halt. An Although Because. THE HALT PRESUPPOSES THE COMBAT OF YESTERDAY AND THE COMBAT OF TO MORROW IT IS THE PARTITION BETWEEN EIGHTEEN THIRTY AND EIGHTEEN FORTY EIGHT WHAT WE HERE CALL COMBAT MAY ALSO BE DESIGNATED AS PROGRESS THE BOURGEOISIE THEN AS WELL AS THE STATESMAN REQUIRED A MAN WHO SHOULD EXPRESS THIS WORD HALT AND ALTHOUGH BECAUSE
s the man who now has time to sit down. A chair is not a caste. But through a desire to sit down too soon, one may arrest the very march of the human race. This has often been the fault of the bourgeoisie. One is not a class because one has committed a fault. Selfishness is not one of the divisions of the social order. Moreover, we must be just to selfishness. The state to which that part of the nation which is called the bourgeoisie aspired after the shock of 1830 was not the inertia which is complicated with indifference and laziness, and which contains a little shame; it was not the slumber which presupposes a momentary forgetfulness accessible to dreams; it was the halt. The halt is a word formed of a singular double and almost contradictory sense: a troop on the march, that is to say, movement; a stand, that is to say, repose. The halt is the restoration of forces; it is repose armed and on the alert; it is the accomplished fact which posts sentinels and holds itself on its guard. THE BOURGEOIS IS THE MAN WHO NOW HAS TIME TO SIT DOWN A CHAIR IS NOT A CAST BUT THROUGH A DESIRE TO SIT DOWN TOO SOON ONE MAY ARREST THE VERY MARCH OF THE HUMAN RACE THIS HAS OFTEN BEEN THE FAULT OF THE BOURGEOISIE ONE IS NOT A CLASS BECAUSE ONE HAS COMMITTED A FAULT SELFISHNESS IS NOT ONE OF THE DIVISIONS OF THE SOCIAL ORDER MOREOVER WE MUST BE JUST TO SELFISHNESS THE STATE TO WHICH THAT PART OF THE NATION WHICH IS CALLED THE BOURGEOISIE ASPIRED AFTER THE SHOCK OF EIGHTEEN THIRTY WAS NOT THE INERTIA WHICH IS COMPLICATED WITH INDIFFERENCE AND LAZINESS AND WHICH CONTAINS A LITTLE SHAME IT WAS NOT THE SLUMBER WHICH PRESUPPOSES A MOMENTARY FORGETFULNESS ACCESSIBLE TO DREAM IT WAS THE HALT THE HALT IS A WORD FORMED OF A SINGULAR DOUBLE AND ALMOST CONTRADICTORY SENSE A TROOP ON THE MARCH THAT IS TO SAY MOVEMENT A STAND THAT IS TO SAY REPOSE THE HALT IS THE RESTORATION OF FORCES IT IS REPOSE ARMED AND ON THE ALERT IT IS THE ACCOMPLISHED FACT WHICH POST SENTINELS AND HOLDS ITSELF ON ITS GUARD
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