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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 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
on. 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. 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. AS 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 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
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