The Story of France, 1814-1914
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Follow- ing the example of the army, the electors declared overwhelmingly in favour of the President. On the night of December 31, 1851, a consultative commis- sion announced the result of the poll at the Elysee — 7,439,216 votes were cast in favour of the new Csesar- ism, only 640,737 against. Astoimding as were the figures of 1848, they paled into insignificance before this extraordinary expression of popular feeling ; after three years of office Louis-Napoleon found himself entrusted with po...wers such as no man before, not even the great emperor himself, in France or out of France, had ever received. " Let us sum up his government," wrote Victor Hugo, with a pen dipped in gall. " Who is at the Elysee and the Tuileries ?
Crime. Who is established at the Luxembourg ?
Baseness. Who at the Palais Bourbon ? Imbecility.
Who at the Palais d'Orsay ? Corruption. Who at the Palais de Justice ? Prevarication. And who are in the prisons, in the fortresses, in the cells, in the casemates, in the hulks, at Lambessa, at Cayenne, 166 THE STORY OF FRANCE.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Follow- ing the example of the army, the electors declared overwhelmingly in favour of the President. On the night of December 31, 1851, a consultative commis- sion announced the result of the poll at the Elysee — 7,439,216 votes were cast in favour of the new Csesar- ism, only 640,737 against. Astoimding as were the figures of 1848, they paled into insignificance before this extraordinary expression of popular feeling ; after three years of office Louis-Napoleon found himself entrusted with po...wers such as no man before, not even the great emperor himself, in France or out of France, had ever received. " Let us sum up his government," wrote Victor Hugo, with a pen dipped in gall. " Who is at the Elysee and the Tuileries ?
Crime. Who is established at the Luxembourg ?
Baseness. Who at the Palais Bourbon ? Imbecility.
Who at the Palais d'Orsay ? Corruption. Who at the Palais de Justice ? Prevarication. And who are in the prisons, in the fortresses, in the cells, in the casemates, in the hulks, at Lambessa, at Cayenne, 166 THE STORY OF FRANCE.
What to read after The Story of France, 1814-1914?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by James, James Lyne Beaumont to read onlineMoreLess
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