He cares little about being despised; he contents himself with the appearance of respect.
This man would tarnish the background of history; he absolutely sullies its foreground.

Europe smiled when, glancing at Haiti, she saw this white Soulouque appear.

But there is now in Europe, in every intelligent mind, abroad as at home, a profound stupor, a feeling, as it were, of personal insult; for the European continent, whether it will or no, is responsible for France, and whatever abases France humiliates Europe.
Before the 2nd of December, the leaders of the Right used freely to say of Louis Bonaparte: "_He is an idiot._" They were mistaken.

To be sure that brain of his is awry, and has gaps in it, but one can discern here and there thoughts consecutive and concatenate.

It is a book whence pages have been torn.