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Napoleon the Little

BOOK V
18/24

Certain breaths have this property.
But to make an assault upon the tribune is a family crime.

The first Bonaparte had already committed it, but at least what he brought into France to replace that glory, was glory, not ignominy.
Louis Bonaparte did not content himself with overthrowing the tribune; he determined to make it ridiculous.

As well try that as anything else.
The least one can do, when one cannot utter two words consecutively, when one harangues only with written notes in hand, when one is short both of speech and of intelligence, is to make a little fun of Mirabeau.

General Ratapoil said to General Foy, "Hold your tongue, chatterbox!"-- "What is it you call the tribune ?" cries M.Bonaparte Louis; "it is parliamentarism!" What have you to say to "parliamentarism"?
Parliamentarism pleases me.

Parliamentarism is a pearl.


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