Edgar Quinet has more positive genius.

He is a man of grand, extravagant conceptions.
Do you know the 'Ahasuerus'?
I wonder if the Empress pleases you as well as the Emperor.

For my part, I approve altogether, and none the less that he has offended Austria by the mode of announcement.

Every cut of the whip in the face of Austria is an especial compliment to me--or, _so I feel it_.

Let him head the democracy and do his duty to the world, and use to the utmost his great opportunities.