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The History of a Crime

CHAPTER XII
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"A protest," said M.de Flavigny.

"A decree," said Berryer.
In truth a declaration was empty air, a protest was noise, a decree was action.

They cried out, "What decree ?" "Deposition," said Berryer.
Deposition was the extreme limit of the energy of the Right.

Beyond deposition, there was outlawry; deposition was practicable for the Right, outlawry was only possible for the Left.

In fact it was the Left who outlawed Louis Bonaparte.


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