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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. 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
 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. 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 bourgeois is 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. 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 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 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
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