It was for this that he accomplished the 2nd of December.

Yes: they are both ambitious; the comparison is just.
Let us add, that, like the first Bonaparte, the second also aims to be emperor.

But that which somewhat impairs the force of the comparison is, that there is perhaps, a slight difference between conquering an empire and pilfering it.
However this may be, that which is certain and which cannot be veiled, even by the dazzling curtain of glory and of misfortune on which are inscribed: Arcola, Lodi, the Pyramids, Eylau, Friedland, St.
Helena--that which is certain, we repeat, is that the 18th Brumaire was a crime, of which the 2nd of December has aggravated the stain on the memory of Napoleon.
M.Louis Bonaparte does not object to have it whispered that he is a socialist.

He feels that this gives him a sort of vague field which ambition may exploit.

As we have already said, when he was in prison, he passed his time in acquiring a quasi-reputation as a democrat.