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They were worthy, but they were not august. They lacked, in a certain measure, the majesty of their misfortune. Charles X. during the voyage from Cherbourg, causing a round table to be cut over into a square table, appeared to be more anxious about imperilled etiquette than about the crumbling monarchy. THEY WERE WORTHY BUT THEY WERE NOT AUGUST THEY LACKED IN A CERTAIN MEASURE THE MAJESTY OF THEIR MISFORTUNE CHARLES THE TENTH DURING THE VOYAGE FROM CHERVOURG CAUSING A ROUND TABLE TO BE CUT OVER INTO A SQUARE TABLE APPEARED TO BE MORE ANXIOUS ABOUT IMPERILLED ETIQUETTE THAN ABOUT THE CRUMBLING MONARCHY
hted once more. On the lofty heights, the pure light of mind could be seen flickering. A magnificent, useful, and charming spectacle. For a space of fifteen years, those great principles which are so old for the thinker, so new for the statesman, could be seen at work in perfect peace, on the public square; equality before the law, liberty of conscience, liberty of speech, liberty of the press, the accessibility of all aptitudes to all functions. Thus it proceeded until 1830. The Bourbons were an instrument of civilization which broke in the hands of Providence. The fall of the Bourbons was full of grandeur, not on their side, but on the side of the nation. They quitted the throne with gravity, but without authority; their descent into the night was not one of those solemn disappearances which leave a sombre emotion in history; it was neither the spectral calm of Charles I., nor the eagle scream of Napoleon. They departed, that is all. They laid down the crown, and retained no aureole. HE TORCH WAS LIGHTED ONCE MORE ON A LOFTY HEIGHT THE PURE LIGHT OF MIND COULD BE SEEN FLICKERING A MAGNIFICENT USEFUL AND CHARMING SPECTACLE FOR A SPACE OF FIFTEEN YEARS THOSE GREAT PRINCIPLES WHICH ARE SO OLD FOR THE THINKER SO NEW FOR THE STATESMAN COULD BE SEEN AT WORK IN PERFECT PEACE ON THE PUBLIC SQUARE EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE LIBERTY OF SPEECH LIBERTY OF THE PRESS THE ACCESSIBILITY OF ALL APTITUDES TO ALL FUNCTION THUS IT PROCEEDED UNTIL EIGHTEEN THIRTY THE BOURBONS WERE AN INSTRUMENT OF CIVILIZATION WHICH BROKE IN THE HANDS OF PROVIDENCE THE FALL OF THE BOURBONS WAS FULL OF GRANDEUR NOT ON THEIR SIDE BUT ON THE SIDE OF THE NATION THEY QUITTED THE THRONE WITH GRAVITY BUT WITHOUT AUTHORITY THEIR DESCENT INTO THE NIGHT WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE SOLEMN DISAPPEARANCES WHICH LEAVE A SOMBRE EMOTION IN HISTORY IT WAS NEITHER THE SPECTRAL CALM OF CHARLES THE FIRST NOR THE EAGLE SCREAM OF NAPOLEON THEY DEPARTED THAT IS ALL THEY LAID DOWN THE CROWN AND RETAINED NO AUREOLE
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