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		<title>Historymaker: Created page with &quot;Les Mis&amp;eacute;rables, Volume 3: Marius, Book Fourth: The Friends of the ABC, Chapter 5: Enlargement of Horizon&lt;br /&gt; (Tome 3: Marius, Livre quatri&amp;egrave;me:  Les amis de l'A...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;Les Misérables, Volume 3: Marius, Book Fourth: The Friends of the ABC, Chapter 5: Enlargement of Horizon&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; (Tome 3: Marius, Livre quatrième:  Les amis de l&amp;#039;A...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Les Mis&amp;amp;eacute;rables, Volume 3: Marius, Book Fourth: The Friends of the ABC, Chapter 5: Enlargement of Horizon&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
(Tome 3: Marius, Livre quatri&amp;amp;egrave;me:  Les amis de l'ABC, Chapitre 5: &amp;amp;Eacute;largissement de l'horizon)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==General notes on this chapter==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==French text==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Les chocs des jeunes esprits entre eux ont cela d'admirable qu'on ne&lt;br /&gt;
peut jamais pr&amp;amp;eacute;voir l'&amp;amp;eacute;tincelle ni deviner l'&amp;amp;eacute;clair. Que va-t-il jaillir&lt;br /&gt;
tout &amp;amp;agrave; l'heure? on l'ignore. L'&amp;amp;eacute;clat de rire part de l'attendrissement.&lt;br /&gt;
Au moment bouffon, le s&amp;amp;eacute;rieux fait son entr&amp;amp;eacute;e. Les impulsions d&amp;amp;eacute;pendent&lt;br /&gt;
du premier mot venu. La verve de chacun est souveraine. Un lazzi suffit&lt;br /&gt;
pour ouvrir le champ &amp;amp;agrave; l'inattendu. Ce sont des entretiens &amp;amp;agrave; brusques&lt;br /&gt;
tournants o&amp;amp;ugrave; la perspective change tout &amp;amp;agrave; coup. Le hasard est le&lt;br /&gt;
machiniste de ces conversations-l&amp;amp;agrave;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Une pens&amp;amp;eacute;e s&amp;amp;eacute;v&amp;amp;egrave;re, bizarrement sortie d'un cliquetis de mots, traversa&lt;br /&gt;
tout &amp;amp;agrave; coup la m&amp;amp;ecirc;l&amp;amp;eacute;e de paroles o&amp;amp;ugrave; ferraillaient confus&amp;amp;eacute;ment Grantaire,&lt;br /&gt;
Bahorel, Prouvaire, Bossuet, Combeferre et Courfeyrac.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Comment une phrase survient-elle dans le dialogue? d'o&amp;amp;ugrave; vient qu'elle se&lt;br /&gt;
souligne tout &amp;amp;agrave; coup d'elle-m&amp;amp;ecirc;me dans l'attention de ceux qui&lt;br /&gt;
l'entendent? Nous venons de le dire, nul n'en sait rien. Au milieu du&lt;br /&gt;
brouhaha, Bossuet termina tout &amp;amp;agrave; coup une apostrophe quelconque &amp;amp;agrave;&lt;br /&gt;
Combeferre par cette date.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;18 juin 1815: Waterloo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;Agrave; ce nom, Waterloo, Marius, accoud&amp;amp;eacute; pr&amp;amp;egrave;s d'un verre d'eau sur une table,&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;ocirc;ta son poignet de dessous son menton, et commen&amp;amp;ccedil;a &amp;amp;agrave; regarder fixement&lt;br /&gt;
l'auditoire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Pardieu, s'&amp;amp;eacute;cria Courfeyrac (''Parbleu'', &amp;amp;agrave; cette &amp;amp;eacute;poque, tombait en&lt;br /&gt;
d&amp;amp;eacute;su&amp;amp;eacute;tude), ce chiffre 18 est &amp;amp;eacute;trange, et me frappe. C'est le nombre&lt;br /&gt;
fatal de Bonaparte. Mettez Louis devant et Brumaire derri&amp;amp;egrave;re, vous avez&lt;br /&gt;
toute la destin&amp;amp;eacute;e de l'homme, avec cette particularit&amp;amp;eacute; expressive que le&lt;br /&gt;
commencement y est talonn&amp;amp;eacute; par la fin.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Enjolras, jusque-l&amp;amp;agrave; muet, rompit le silence, et adressa &amp;amp;agrave; Courfeyrac&lt;br /&gt;
cette parole:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Tu veux dire le crime par l'expiation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Ce mot, ''crime'', d&amp;amp;eacute;passait la mesure de ce que pouvait accepter Marius,&lt;br /&gt;
d&amp;amp;eacute;j&amp;amp;agrave; tr&amp;amp;egrave;s &amp;amp;eacute;mu par la brusque &amp;amp;eacute;vocation de Waterloo.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Il se leva, il marcha lentement vers la carte de France &amp;amp;eacute;tal&amp;amp;eacute;e sur le&lt;br /&gt;
mur et au bas de laquelle on voyait une &amp;amp;icirc;le dans un compartiment s&amp;amp;eacute;par&amp;amp;eacute;,&lt;br /&gt;
il posa son doigt sur ce compartiment, et dit:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;La Corse. Une petite &amp;amp;icirc;le qui a fait la France bien grande.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Ce fut le souffle d'air glac&amp;amp;eacute;. Tous s'interrompirent. On sentit que&lt;br /&gt;
quelque chose allait commencer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Bahorel, ripostant &amp;amp;agrave; Bossuet, &amp;amp;eacute;tait en train de prendre une pose de&lt;br /&gt;
torse &amp;amp;agrave; laquelle il tenait. Il y renon&amp;amp;ccedil;a pour &amp;amp;eacute;couter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Enjolras, dont l'&amp;amp;oelig;il bleu n'&amp;amp;eacute;tait attach&amp;amp;eacute; sur personne et semblait&lt;br /&gt;
consid&amp;amp;eacute;rer le vide, r&amp;amp;eacute;pondit sans regarder Marius:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;La France n'a besoin d'aucune Corse pour &amp;amp;ecirc;tre grande. La France est&lt;br /&gt;
grande parce qu'elle est la France. ''Quia nominor leo''.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Marius n'&amp;amp;eacute;prouva nulle vell&amp;amp;eacute;it&amp;amp;eacute; de reculer; il se tourna vers Enjolras,&lt;br /&gt;
et sa voix &amp;amp;eacute;clata avec une vibration qui venait du tressaillement des&lt;br /&gt;
entrailles:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;&amp;amp;Agrave; Dieu ne plaise que je diminue la France! mais ce n'est point la&lt;br /&gt;
diminuer que de lui amalgamer Napol&amp;amp;eacute;on. Ah &amp;amp;ccedil;&amp;amp;agrave;, parlons donc. Je suis&lt;br /&gt;
nouveau venu parmi vous, mais je vous avoue que vous m'&amp;amp;eacute;tonnez. O&amp;amp;ugrave; en&lt;br /&gt;
sommes-nous? qui sommes-nous? qui &amp;amp;ecirc;tes-vous? qui suis-je?&lt;br /&gt;
Expliquons-nous sur l'empereur. Je vous entends dire Buonaparte en&lt;br /&gt;
accentuant l'u comme des royalistes. Je vous pr&amp;amp;eacute;viens que mon grand-p&amp;amp;egrave;re&lt;br /&gt;
fait mieux encore; il dit Buonapart&amp;amp;eacute;. Je vous croyais des jeunes gens.&lt;br /&gt;
O&amp;amp;ugrave; mettez-vous donc votre enthousiasme? et qu'est-ce que vous en faites?&lt;br /&gt;
qui admirez-vous si vous n'admirez pas l'empereur? et que vous faut-il&lt;br /&gt;
de plus?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Si vous ne voulez pas de ce grand homme-l&amp;amp;agrave;, de quels grands hommes&lt;br /&gt;
voudrez-vous? Il avait tout. Il &amp;amp;eacute;tait complet. Il avait dans son cerveau&lt;br /&gt;
le cube des facult&amp;amp;eacute;s humaines. Il faisait des codes comme Justinien, il&lt;br /&gt;
dictait comme C&amp;amp;eacute;sar, sa causerie m&amp;amp;ecirc;lait l'&amp;amp;eacute;clair de Pascal au coup de&lt;br /&gt;
foudre de Tacite, il faisait l'histoire et il l'&amp;amp;eacute;crivait, ses bulletins&lt;br /&gt;
sont des Iliades, il combinait le chiffre de Newton avec la m&amp;amp;eacute;taphore de&lt;br /&gt;
Mahomet, il laissait derri&amp;amp;egrave;re lui dans l'orient des paroles grandes&lt;br /&gt;
comme les pyramides; &amp;amp;agrave; Tilsitt il enseignait la majest&amp;amp;eacute; aux empereurs, &amp;amp;agrave;&lt;br /&gt;
l'acad&amp;amp;eacute;mie des sciences il donnait la r&amp;amp;eacute;plique &amp;amp;agrave; Laplace, au conseil&lt;br /&gt;
d'&amp;amp;eacute;tat il tenait t&amp;amp;ecirc;te &amp;amp;agrave; Merlin, il donnait une &amp;amp;acirc;me &amp;amp;agrave; la g&amp;amp;eacute;om&amp;amp;eacute;trie des&lt;br /&gt;
uns et &amp;amp;agrave; la chicane des autres, il &amp;amp;eacute;tait l&amp;amp;eacute;giste avec les procureurs et&lt;br /&gt;
sid&amp;amp;eacute;ral avec les astronomes; comme Cromwell soufflant une chandelle sur&lt;br /&gt;
deux, il s'en allait au Temple marchander un gland de rideau; il voyait&lt;br /&gt;
tout, il savait tout; ce qui ne l'emp&amp;amp;ecirc;chait pas de rire d'un rire&lt;br /&gt;
bonhomme au berceau de son petit enfant; et tout &amp;amp;agrave; coup, l'Europe&lt;br /&gt;
effar&amp;amp;eacute;e &amp;amp;eacute;coutait, des arm&amp;amp;eacute;es se mettaient en marche, des parcs&lt;br /&gt;
d'artillerie roulaient, des ponts de bateaux s'allongeaient sur les&lt;br /&gt;
fleuves, les nu&amp;amp;eacute;es de la cavalerie galopaient dans l'ouragan, cris,&lt;br /&gt;
trompettes, tremblement de tr&amp;amp;ocirc;nes partout, les fronti&amp;amp;egrave;res des royaumes&lt;br /&gt;
oscillaient sur la carte, on entendait le bruit d'un glaive surhumain&lt;br /&gt;
qui sortait du fourreau, on le voyait, lui, se dresser debout sur&lt;br /&gt;
l'horizon avec un flamboiement dans la main et un resplendissement dans&lt;br /&gt;
les yeux, d&amp;amp;eacute;ployant dans le tonnerre ses deux ailes, la grande Arm&amp;amp;eacute;e et&lt;br /&gt;
la vieille garde, et c'&amp;amp;eacute;tait l'archange de la guerre!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Tous se taisaient, et Enjolras baissait la t&amp;amp;ecirc;te. Le silence fait&lt;br /&gt;
toujours un peu l'effet de l'acquiescement ou d'une sorte de mise au&lt;br /&gt;
pied du mur. Marius, presque sans reprendre haleine, continua avec un&lt;br /&gt;
surcro&amp;amp;icirc;t d'enthousiasme:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;Soyons justes, mes amis! &amp;amp;ecirc;tre l'empire d'un tel empereur, quelle&lt;br /&gt;
splendide destin&amp;amp;eacute;e pour un peuple, lorsque ce peuple est la France et&lt;br /&gt;
qu'il ajoute son g&amp;amp;eacute;nie au g&amp;amp;eacute;nie de cet homme! Appara&amp;amp;icirc;tre et r&amp;amp;eacute;gner,&lt;br /&gt;
marcher et triompher, avoir pour &amp;amp;eacute;tapes toutes les capitales, prendre&lt;br /&gt;
ses grenadiers et en faire des rois, d&amp;amp;eacute;cr&amp;amp;eacute;ter des chutes de dynastie,&lt;br /&gt;
transfigurer l'Europe au pas de charge, qu'on sente, quand vous menacez,&lt;br /&gt;
que vous mettez la main sur le pommeau de l'&amp;amp;eacute;p&amp;amp;eacute;e de Dieu, suivre dans un&lt;br /&gt;
seul homme Annibal, C&amp;amp;eacute;sar et Charlemagne, &amp;amp;ecirc;tre le peuple de quelqu'un&lt;br /&gt;
qui m&amp;amp;ecirc;le &amp;amp;agrave; toutes vos aubes l'annonce &amp;amp;eacute;clatante d'une bataille gagn&amp;amp;eacute;e,&lt;br /&gt;
avoir pour r&amp;amp;eacute;veille-matin le canon des Invalides, jeter dans des ab&amp;amp;icirc;mes&lt;br /&gt;
de lumi&amp;amp;egrave;re des mots prodigieux qui flamboient &amp;amp;agrave; jamais, Marengo, Arcole,&lt;br /&gt;
Austerlitz, I&amp;amp;eacute;na, Wagram! faire &amp;amp;agrave; chaque instant &amp;amp;eacute;clore au z&amp;amp;eacute;nith des&lt;br /&gt;
si&amp;amp;egrave;cles des constellations de victoires, donner l'empire fran&amp;amp;ccedil;ais pour&lt;br /&gt;
pendant &amp;amp;agrave; l'empire romain, &amp;amp;ecirc;tre la grande nation et enfanter la grande&lt;br /&gt;
Arm&amp;amp;eacute;e, faire envoler par toute la terre ses l&amp;amp;eacute;gions comme une montagne&lt;br /&gt;
envoie de tous c&amp;amp;ocirc;t&amp;amp;eacute;s ses aigles, vaincre, dominer, foudroyer, &amp;amp;ecirc;tre en&lt;br /&gt;
Europe une sorte de peuple dor&amp;amp;eacute; &amp;amp;agrave; force de gloire, sonner &amp;amp;agrave; travers&lt;br /&gt;
l'histoire une fanfare de titans, conqu&amp;amp;eacute;rir le monde deux fois, par la&lt;br /&gt;
conqu&amp;amp;ecirc;te et par l'&amp;amp;eacute;blouissement, cela est sublime; et qu'y a-t-il de&lt;br /&gt;
plus grand?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;amp;mdash;&amp;amp;Ecirc;tre libre, dit Combeferre.&lt;br /&gt;
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Marius &amp;amp;agrave; son tour baissa la t&amp;amp;ecirc;te. Ce mot simple et froid avait travers&amp;amp;eacute;&lt;br /&gt;
comme une lame d'acier son effusion &amp;amp;eacute;pique, et il la sentait s'&amp;amp;eacute;vanouir&lt;br /&gt;
en lui. Lorsqu'il leva les yeux, Combeferre n'&amp;amp;eacute;tait plus l&amp;amp;agrave;. Satisfait&lt;br /&gt;
probablement de sa r&amp;amp;eacute;plique &amp;amp;agrave; l'apoth&amp;amp;eacute;ose, il venait de partir, et tous,&lt;br /&gt;
except&amp;amp;eacute; Enjolras, l'avaient suivi. La salle s'&amp;amp;eacute;tait vid&amp;amp;eacute;e. Enjolras,&lt;br /&gt;
rest&amp;amp;eacute; seul avec Marius, le regardait gravement. Marius cependant, ayant&lt;br /&gt;
un peu ralli&amp;amp;eacute; ses id&amp;amp;eacute;es, ne se tenait pas pour battu; il y avait en lui&lt;br /&gt;
un reste de bouillonnement qui allait sans doute se traduire en&lt;br /&gt;
syllogismes d&amp;amp;eacute;ploy&amp;amp;eacute;s contre Enjolras, quand tout &amp;amp;agrave; coup on entendit&lt;br /&gt;
quelqu'un qui chantait dans l'escalier en s'en allant. C'&amp;amp;eacute;tait&lt;br /&gt;
Combeferre, et voici ce qu'il chantait:&lt;br /&gt;
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''Si C&amp;amp;eacute;sar m'avait donn&amp;amp;eacute;''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ''La gloire et la guerre,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ''Et qu'il me fall&amp;amp;ucirc;t quitter''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ''L'amour de ma m&amp;amp;egrave;re''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ''Je dirais au grand C&amp;amp;eacute;sar:''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ''Reprends ton sceptre et ton char,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ''J'aime mieux ma m&amp;amp;egrave;re, &amp;amp;ocirc; gu&amp;amp;eacute;!''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; ''J'aime mieux ma m&amp;amp;egrave;re.''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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L'accent tendre et farouche dont Combeferre le chantait donnait &amp;amp;agrave; ce&lt;br /&gt;
couplet une sorte de grandeur &amp;amp;eacute;trange. Marius, pensif et l'&amp;amp;oelig;il au&lt;br /&gt;
plafond, r&amp;amp;eacute;p&amp;amp;eacute;ta presque machinalement: Ma m&amp;amp;egrave;re?...&lt;br /&gt;
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En ce moment, il sentit sur son &amp;amp;eacute;paule la main d'Enjolras.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;amp;mdash;Citoyen, lui dit Enjolras, ma m&amp;amp;egrave;re, c'est la R&amp;amp;eacute;publique.&lt;br /&gt;
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==English text==&lt;br /&gt;
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The shocks of youthful minds among themselves have this admirable&lt;br /&gt;
property, that one can never foresee the spark, nor divine the lightning&lt;br /&gt;
flash. What will dart out presently? No one knows. The burst of laughter&lt;br /&gt;
starts from a tender feeling.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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At the moment of jest, the serious makes its entry. Impulses depend on the&lt;br /&gt;
first chance word. The spirit of each is sovereign, jest suffices to open&lt;br /&gt;
the field to the unexpected. These are conversations with abrupt turns, in&lt;br /&gt;
which the perspective changes suddenly. Chance is the stage-manager of&lt;br /&gt;
such conversations.&lt;br /&gt;
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A severe thought, starting oddly from a clash of words, suddenly traversed&lt;br /&gt;
the conflict of quips in which Grantaire, Bahorel, Prouvaire, Bossuet,&lt;br /&gt;
Combeferre, and Courfeyrac were confusedly fencing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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How does a phrase crop up in a dialogue? Whence comes it that it suddenly&lt;br /&gt;
impresses itself on the attention of those who hear it? We have just said,&lt;br /&gt;
that no one knows anything about it. In the midst of the uproar, Bossuet&lt;br /&gt;
all at once terminated some apostrophe to Combeferre, with this date:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;June 18th, 1815, Waterloo.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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At this name of Waterloo, Marius, who was leaning his elbows on a table,&lt;br /&gt;
beside a glass of water, removed his wrist from beneath his chin, and&lt;br /&gt;
began to gaze fixedly at the audience.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Pardieu!&amp;quot; exclaimed Courfeyrac (&amp;quot;Parbleu&amp;quot; was falling into disuse at this&lt;br /&gt;
period), &amp;quot;that number 18 is strange and strikes me. It is Bonaparte's&lt;br /&gt;
fatal number. Place Louis in front and Brumaire behind, you have the whole&lt;br /&gt;
destiny of the man, with this significant peculiarity, that the end treads&lt;br /&gt;
close on the heels of the commencement.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Enjolras, who had remained mute up to that point, broke the silence and&lt;br /&gt;
addressed this remark to Combeferre:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;You mean to say, the crime and the expiation.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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This word crime overpassed the measure of what Marius, who was already&lt;br /&gt;
greatly agitated by the abrupt evocation of Waterloo, could accept.&lt;br /&gt;
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He rose, walked slowly to the map of France spread out on the wall, and at&lt;br /&gt;
whose base an island was visible in a separate compartment, laid his&lt;br /&gt;
finger on this compartment and said:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Corsica, a little island which has rendered France very great.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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This was like a breath of icy air. All ceased talking. They felt that&lt;br /&gt;
something was on the point of occurring.&lt;br /&gt;
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Bahorel, replying to Bossuet, was just assuming an attitude of the torso&lt;br /&gt;
to which he was addicted. He gave it up to listen.&lt;br /&gt;
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Enjolras, whose blue eye was not fixed on any one, and who seemed to be&lt;br /&gt;
gazing at space, replied, without glancing at Marius:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;France needs no Corsica to be great. France is great because she is&lt;br /&gt;
France. Quia nomina leo.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Marius felt no desire to retreat; he turned towards Enjolras, and his&lt;br /&gt;
voice burst forth with a vibration which came from a quiver of his very&lt;br /&gt;
being:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;God forbid that I should diminish France! But amalgamating Napoleon with&lt;br /&gt;
her is not diminishing her. Come! let us argue the question. I am a new&lt;br /&gt;
comer among you, but I will confess that you amaze me. Where do we stand?&lt;br /&gt;
Who are we? Who are you? Who am I? Let us come to an explanation about the&lt;br /&gt;
Emperor. I hear you say Buonaparte, accenting the u like the Royalists. I&lt;br /&gt;
warn you that my grandfather does better still; he says Buonaparte'. I&lt;br /&gt;
thought you were young men. Where, then, is your enthusiasm? And what are&lt;br /&gt;
you doing with it? Whom do you admire, if you do not admire the Emperor?&lt;br /&gt;
And what more do you want? If you will have none of that great man, what&lt;br /&gt;
great men would you like? He had everything. He was complete. He had in&lt;br /&gt;
his brain the sum of human faculties. He made codes like Justinian, he&lt;br /&gt;
dictated like Caesar, his conversation was mingled with the&lt;br /&gt;
lightning-flash of Pascal, with the thunderclap of Tacitus, he made&lt;br /&gt;
history and he wrote it, his bulletins are Iliads, he combined the cipher&lt;br /&gt;
of Newton with the metaphor of Mahomet, he left behind him in the East&lt;br /&gt;
words as great as the pyramids, at Tilsit he taught Emperors majesty, at&lt;br /&gt;
the Academy of Sciences he replied to Laplace, in the Council of State be&lt;br /&gt;
held his own against Merlin, he gave a soul to the geometry of the first,&lt;br /&gt;
and to the chicanery of the last, he was a legist with the attorneys and&lt;br /&gt;
sidereal with the astronomers; like Cromwell blowing out one of two&lt;br /&gt;
candles, he went to the Temple to bargain for a curtain tassel; he saw&lt;br /&gt;
everything; he knew everything; which did not prevent him from laughing&lt;br /&gt;
good-naturedly beside the cradle of his little child; and all at once,&lt;br /&gt;
frightened Europe lent an ear, armies put themselves in motion, parks of&lt;br /&gt;
artillery rumbled, pontoons stretched over the rivers, clouds of cavalry&lt;br /&gt;
galloped in the storm, cries, trumpets, a trembling of thrones in every&lt;br /&gt;
direction, the frontiers of kingdoms oscillated on the map, the sound of a&lt;br /&gt;
superhuman sword was heard, as it was drawn from its sheath; they beheld&lt;br /&gt;
him, him, rise erect on the horizon with a blazing brand in his hand, and&lt;br /&gt;
a glow in his eyes, unfolding amid the thunder, his two wings, the grand&lt;br /&gt;
army and the old guard, and he was the archangel of war!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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All held their peace, and Enjolras bowed his head. Silence always produces&lt;br /&gt;
somewhat the effect of acquiescence, of the enemy being driven to the&lt;br /&gt;
wall. Marius continued with increased enthusiasm, and almost without&lt;br /&gt;
pausing for breath:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Let us be just, my friends! What a splendid destiny for a nation to be&lt;br /&gt;
the Empire of such an Emperor, when that nation is France and when it adds&lt;br /&gt;
its own genius to the genius of that man! To appear and to reign, to march&lt;br /&gt;
and to triumph, to have for halting-places all capitals, to take his&lt;br /&gt;
grenadiers and to make kings of them, to decree the falls of dynasties,&lt;br /&gt;
and to transfigure Europe at the pace of a charge; to make you feel that&lt;br /&gt;
when you threaten you lay your hand on the hilt of the sword of God; to&lt;br /&gt;
follow in a single man, Hannibal, Caesar, Charlemagne; to be the people of&lt;br /&gt;
some one who mingles with your dawns the startling announcement of a&lt;br /&gt;
battle won, to have the cannon of the Invalides to rouse you in the&lt;br /&gt;
morning, to hurl into abysses of light prodigious words which flame&lt;br /&gt;
forever, Marengo, Arcola, Austerlitz, Jena, Wagram! To cause&lt;br /&gt;
constellations of victories to flash forth at each instant from the zenith&lt;br /&gt;
of the centuries, to make the French Empire a pendant to the Roman Empire,&lt;br /&gt;
to be the great nation and to give birth to the grand army, to make its&lt;br /&gt;
legions fly forth over all the earth, as a mountain sends out its eagles&lt;br /&gt;
on all sides to conquer, to dominate, to strike with lightning, to be in&lt;br /&gt;
Europe a sort of nation gilded through glory, to sound athwart the&lt;br /&gt;
centuries a trumpet-blast of Titans, to conquer the world twice, by&lt;br /&gt;
conquest and by dazzling, that is sublime; and what greater thing is&lt;br /&gt;
there?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;To be free,&amp;quot; said Combeferre.&lt;br /&gt;
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Marius lowered his head in his turn; that cold and simple word had&lt;br /&gt;
traversed his epic effusion like a blade of steel, and he felt it&lt;br /&gt;
vanishing within him. When he raised his eyes, Combeferre was no longer&lt;br /&gt;
there. Probably satisfied with his reply to the apotheosis, he had just&lt;br /&gt;
taken his departure, and all, with the exception of Enjolras, had followed&lt;br /&gt;
him. The room had been emptied. Enjolras, left alone with Marius, was&lt;br /&gt;
gazing gravely at him. Marius, however, having rallied his ideas to some&lt;br /&gt;
extent, did not consider himself beaten; there lingered in him a trace of&lt;br /&gt;
inward fermentation which was on the point, no doubt, of translating&lt;br /&gt;
itself into syllogisms arrayed against Enjolras, when all of a sudden,&lt;br /&gt;
they heard some one singing on the stairs as he went. It was Combeferre,&lt;br /&gt;
and this is what he was singing:&amp;amp;mdash;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
              &amp;quot;Si César m'avait donné[[25]]&lt;br /&gt;
                La gloire et la guerre,&lt;br /&gt;
              Et qu'il me fallait quitter&lt;br /&gt;
                L'amour de ma mère,&lt;br /&gt;
              Je dirais au grand César:&lt;br /&gt;
                Reprends ton sceptre et ton char,&lt;br /&gt;
              J'aime mieux ma mère, o gué!&lt;br /&gt;
                J'aime mieux ma mère!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The wild and tender accents with which Combeferre sang communicated to&lt;br /&gt;
this couplet a sort of strange grandeur. Marius, thoughtfully, and with&lt;br /&gt;
his eyes diked on the ceiling, repeated almost mechanically: &amp;quot;My mother?&amp;amp;mdash;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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At that moment, he felt Enjolras' hand on his shoulder.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Citizen,&amp;quot; said Enjolras to him, &amp;quot;my mother is the Republic.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Translation notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Textual notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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==Citations==&lt;br /&gt;
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