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Still, the House of Bourbon should have felt, from the displeasure created by the gift, that it did not come from it. STILL THE HOUSE OF BOURBON SHOULD HAVE FELT FROM THE DISPLEASURE CREATED BY THE GIFT THAT IT DID NOT COME FROM IT
es are the same to facts that repose is to men. This is what England demanded of the Stuarts after the Protector; this is what France demanded of the Bourbons after the Empire. These guarantees are a necessity of the times. They must be accorded. Princes “grant” them, but in reality, it is the force of things which gives them. A profound truth, and one useful to know, which the Stuarts did not suspect in 1662 and which the Bourbons did not even obtain a glimpse of in 1814. The predestined family, which returned to France when Napoleon fell, had the fatal simplicity to believe that it was itself which bestowed, and that what it had bestowed it could take back again; that the House of Bourbon possessed the right divine, that France possessed nothing, and that the political right conceded in the charter of Louis XVIII. was merely a branch of the right divine, was detached by the House of Bourbon and graciously given to the people until such day as it should please the King to reassume it. AME TO FACTS THAT REPOSE IS TO MEN THIS IS WHAT ENGLAND DEMANDED OF THE STUARTS AFTER THE PROTECTOR THIS IS WHAT FRANCE DEMANDED OF THE BOURBONS AFTER THE EMPIRE THESE GUARANTEES ARE A NECESSITY OF THE TIME THEY MUST BE ACCORDED PRINCES GRANT THEM BUT IN REALITY IT IS THE FORCE OF THINGS WHICH GIVES THEM A PROFOUND TRUTH AND ONE USEFUL TO KNOW WHICH THE STUARTS DID NOT SUSPECT IN SIXTEEN SIXTY TWO AND WHICH THE BOURBONS DID NOT EVEN OBTAIN A GLIMPSE OF IN EIGHTEEN FOURTEEN THE PREDESTINED FAMILY WHICH RETURNED TO FRANCE WHEN NAPOLEON FELL HAD THE FATAL SIMPLICITY TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ITSELF WHICH BESTOWED AND THAT WHAT IT HAD BESTOWED IT COULD TAKE BACK AGAIN THAT THE HOUSE OF BOURBON POSSESSED THE RIGHT DIVINE THAT FRANCE POSSESSED NOTHING AND THAT THE POLITICAL RIGHT CONCEDED IN THE CHARTER OF LOUIS THE EIGHTEENTH WAS MERELY A BRANCH OF THE RIGHT DIVINE WAS DETACHED BY THE HOUSE OF BOURBON AND GRACIOUSLY GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE UNTIL SUCH DAY AS IT SHOULD PLEASE THE KING TO REASSUME IT
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