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The Discussion

           Gentlemen,itistheonlywayofsavingourlives.Thereiswartothedeathbetweenthelibertyofthepressandourexistenceasgentlemen.Becomemanufacturers,becomepeasants,ortakeupyourguns.Betimidifyoulike,butdonotbestupid.Openyoureyes.

           "’Formyourbattalions,’IwouldsaytoyouinthewordsoftheJacobinsongs.SomenobleGustavusAdolphuswillthenbefoundwho,touchedbytheimminentperilofthemonarchicalprinciple,willmakeadashthreehundredleaguesfromhisowncountry,andwilldoforyouwhatGustavusdidfortheProtestantprinces.Doyouwanttogoontalkingwithoutacting?Infiftyyears’timetherewillbeonlypresidentsorrepublicsinEuropeandnotoneking,andwiththosethreelettersR.O.I.youwillseethelastofthepriestsandthegentlemen.Icanseenothingbutcandidatespayingcourttosqualidmajorities.

           "ItisnouseyoursayingthatatthepresenttimeFrancehasnotasingleaccreditedgeneralwhoisuniversallyknownandloved,thatthearmyisonlyknownandorganisedintheinterestsofthethroneandthechurch,andthatithasbeendeprivedofallitsoldtroopers,whileeachofthePrussianandAustrianregimentscountfiftynon-commissionedofficerswhohaveseenfire.

           "Twohundredthousandyoungmenofthemiddleclassesarespoilingforwar"

           "Atrucetodisagreeabletruths,"saidagravepersonageinapompoustone.Hewasapparentlyaveryhighecclesiasticaldignitary,forM.delaMolesmiledpleasantly,insteadofgettingangry,acircumstancewhichgreatlyimpressedJulien.

           "Atrucetounpleasanttruths,letusresume,gentlemen

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