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　　To…day　the　field　of　Waterloo　has　the　calm　which　belongs　to　the　earth；　the　impassive　support　of　man；　and　it　resembles　all　plains。
　　At　night；　moreover；　a　sort　of　visionary　mist　arises　from　it；　and　if　a　traveller　strolls　there；　if　he　listens；　if　he　watches；　if　he　dreams　like　Virgil　in　the　fatal　plains　of　Philippi；　the　hallucination　of　the　catastrophe　takes　possession　of　him。
　　The　frightful　18th　of　June　lives　again；　the　false　monumental　hillock　disappears；　the　lion　vanishes　in　air；　the　battle…field　resumes　its　reality；　lines　of　infantry　undulate　over　the　plain；　furious　gallops　traverse　the　horizon；　the　frightened　dreamer　beholds　the　flash　of　sabres；　the　gleam　of　bayonets；　the　flare　of　bombs；　the　tremendous　interchange　of　thunders；　he　hears；　as　it　were；　the　death　rattle　in　the　depths　of　a　tomb；　the　vague　clamor　of　the　battle　phantom；　those　shadows　are　grenadiers；　those　lights　are　cuirassiers；　that　skeleton　Napoleon；　that　other　skeleton　is　Wellington；　all　this　no　longer　exists；　and　yet　it　clashes　together　and　bats　still；　and　the　ravines　are　empurpled；　and　the　trees　quiver；　and　there　is　fury　even　in　the　clouds　and　in　the　shadows；　all　those　terrible　heights；　Hougomont；　Mont…Saint…Jean；　Frischemont；　Papelotte；　Plancenoit；　appear　confusedly　crowned　with　whirlwinds　of　spectres　engaged　in　exterminating　each　other。


BOOK　FIRST。…WATERLOO
CHAPTER　XVII　
　　IS　WATERLOO　TO　BE　CONSIDERED　GOOD？
　　　There　exists　a　very　respectable　liberal　school　which　does　not　hate　Waterloo。
　　We　do　not　belong　to　it。　To　us；　Waterloo　is　but　the　stupefied　date　of　liberty。　That　such　an　eagle　should　emerge　from　such　an　egg　is　certainly　unexpected。
　　If　one　places　one's　self　at　the　culminating　point　of　view　of　the　question；　Waterloo　is　intentionally　a　counter…revolutionary　victory。
　　It　is　Europe　against　France；　it　is　Petersburg；　Berlin；　and　Vienna　against　Paris；　it　is　the　statu　quo　against　the　initiative；　it　is　the　14th　of　July；　1789；　attacked　through　the　20th　of　March；　1815；　it　is　the　monarchies　clearing　the　decks　in　opposition　to　the　indomitable　French　rioting。　The　final　extinction　of　that　vast　people　which　had　been　in　eruption　for　twenty…six　yearssuch　was　the　dream。
　　The　solidarity　of　the　Brunswicks；　the　Nassaus；　the　Romanoffs；　the　Hohenzollerns；　the　Hapsburgs　with　the　Bourbons。
　　Waterloo　bears　divine　right　on　its　crupper。
　　It　is　true；　that　the　Empire　having　been　despotic；　the　kingdom　by　the　natural　reaction　of　things；　was　forced　to　be　liberal；　and　that　a　constitutional　order　was　the　unwilling　result　of　Waterloo；　to　the　great　regret　of　the　conquerors。
　　It　is　because　revolution　cannot　be　really　conquered；　and　that　being　providential　and　absolutely　fatal；　it　is　always　cropping　up　afresh：
　　before　Waterloo；　in　Bonaparte　overthrowing　the　old　thrones；　after　Waterloo；　in　Louis　XVIII。　granting　and　conforming　to　the　charter。
　　Bonaparte　places　a　postilion　on　the　throne　of　Naples；　and　a　sergeant　on　the　throne　of　Sweden；　employing　inequality　to　demonstrate　equality；　Louis　XVIII。　at　Saint…Ouen　countersigns　the　declaration　of　the　rights　of　man。　If　you　wish　to　gain　an　idea　of　what　revolution　is；　call　it　Progress；　and　if　you　wish　to　acquire　an　idea　of　the　nature　of　progress；　call　it　To…morrow。　To…morrow　fulfils　its　work　irresistibly；　and　it　is　already　fulfilling　it　to…day。　It　always　reaches　its　goal　strangely。　It　employs　Wellington　to　make　of　Foy；　who　was　only　a　soldier；　an　orator。
　　Foy　falls　at　Hougomont　and　rises　again　in　the　tribune。　Thus　does　progress　proceed。
　　There　is　no　such　thing　as　a　bad　tool　for　that　workman。
　　It　does　not　bee　disconcerted；　but　adjusts　to　its　divine　work　the　man　who　has　bestridden　the　Alps；　and　the　good　old　tottering　invalid　of　Father　Elysee。
　　It　makes　use　of　the　gouty　man　as　well　as　of　the　conqueror；　of　the　conqueror　without；　of　the　gouty　man　within。
　　Waterloo；　by　cutting　short　the　demolition　of　European　thrones　by　the　sword；　had　no　other　effect　than　to　cause　the　revolutionary　work　to　be　continued　in　another　direction。　The　slashers　have　finished；　it　was　the　turn　of　the　thinkers。　The　century　that　Waterloo　was　intended　to　arrest　has　pursued　its　march。　That　sinister　victory　was　vanquished　by　liberty。
　　In　short；　and　incontestably；　that　which　triumphed　at　Waterloo；　that　which　smiled　in　Wellington's　rear；　that　which　brought　him　all　the　marshals'　staffs　of　Europe；　including；　it　is　said；　the　staff　of　a　marshal　of　France；　that　which　joyously　trundled　the　barrows　full　of　bones　to　erect　the　knoll　of　the　lion；　that　which　triumphantly　inscribed　on　that　pedestal　the　date　〃June　18；　1815〃；　that　which　encouraged　Blucher；　as　he　put　the　flying　army　to　the　sword；　that　which；　from　the　heights　of　the　plateau　of　Mont…Saint…Jean；　hovered　over　France　as　over　its　prey；　was　the　counter…revolution。　It　was　the　counter…revolution　which　murmured　that　infamous　word　〃dismemberment。〃　On　arriving　in　Paris；　it　beheld　the　crater　close　at　hand；　it　felt　those　ashes　which　scorched　its　feet；　and　it　changed　its　mind；　it　returned　to　the　stammer　of　a　charter。
　　Let　us　behold　in　Waterloo　only　that　which　is　in　Waterloo。　Of　intentional　liberty　there　is　none。
　　The　counter…revolution　was　involuntarily　liberal；　in　the　same　manner　as；　by　a　corresponding　phenomenon；　Napoleon　was　involuntarily　revolutionary。
　　On　the　18th　of　June；　1815；　the　mounted　Robespierre　was　hurled　from　his　saddle。


BOOK　FIRST。…WATERLOO
CHAPTER　XVIII　
　　A　RECRUDESCENCE　OF　DIVINE　RIGHT
　　　End　of　the　dictatorship。
　　A　whole　European　system　crumbled　away。
　　The　Empire　sank　into　a　gloom　which　resembled　that　of　the　Roman　world　as　it　expired。
　　Again　we　behold　the　abyss；　as　in　the　days　of　the　barbarians；　only　the　barbarism　of　1815；　which　must　be　called　by　its　pet　name　of　the　counter…revolution；　was　not　long　breathed；　soon　fell　to　panting；　and　halted　short。
　　The　Empire　was　bewept；　let　us　acknowledge　the　fact；and　bewept　by　heroic　eyes。　If　glory　lies　in　the　sword　converted　into　a　sceptre；　the　Empire　had　been　glory　in　person。
　　It　had　diffused　over　the　earth　all　the　light　which　tyranny　can　give　a　sombre　light。
　　We　will　say　more；　an　obscure　light。
　　pared　to　the　true　daylight；　it　is　night。　This　disappearance　of　night　produces　the　effect　of　an　eclipse。
　　Louis　XVIII。
　　re…entered　Paris。
　　The　circling　dances　of　the　8th　of　July　effaced　the　enthusiasms　of　the　20th　of　March。
　　The　Corsican　became　the　antithesis　of　the　Bearnese。
　　The　flag　on　the　dome　of　the　Tuileries　was　white。
　　The　exile　reigned。
　　Hartwell's　pine　table　took　its　place　in　front　of　the　fleur…de…lys…strewn　throne　of　Louis　XIV。　Bouvines　and　Fontenoy　were　mentioned　as　though　they　had　taken　place　on　the　preceding　day；　Austerlitz　having　bee　antiquated。　The　altar　and　the　throne　fraternized　majestically。
　　One　of　the　most　undisputed　forms　of　the　health　of　society　in　the　nineteenth　century　was　established　over　France；　and　over　the　continent。　Europe　adopted　the　white　cockade。
　　Trestaillon　was　celebrated。　The　device　non　pluribus　impar　re…appeared　on　the　stone　rays　representing　a　sun　upon　the　front　of　the　barracks　on　the　Quai　d'Orsay。　Where　there　had　been　an　Imperial　Guard；　there　was　now　a　red　house。　The　Arc　du　Carrousel；　all　laden　with　badly　borne　victories；　thrown　out　of　its　element　among　these　novelties；　a　little　ashamed；　it　may　be；　of　Marengo　and　Arcola；　extricated　itself　from　its　predicament　with　the　statue　of　the　Duc　d'Angouleme。　The　cemetery　of　the　Madeleine；　a　terrible　pauper's　grave　in　1793；　was　covered　with　jasper　and　marble；　since　the　bones　of　Louis　XVI。
　　and　Marie　Antoinette　lay　in　that　dust。
　　In　the　moat　of　Vincennes　a　sepulchral　shaft　sprang　from　the　earth；　recalling　the　fact　that　the　Duc　d'Enghien　had　perished　in　the　very　month　when　Napoleon　was　crowned。
　　Pope　Pius　VII。；　who　had　performed　the　coronation　very　near　this　death；　tranquilly　bestowed　his　blessing　on　the　fall　as　he　had　bestowed　it　on　the　elevation。　At　Schoenbrunn　there　was　a　little　shadow；　aged　four；　whom　it　was　seditious　to　call　the　King　of　Rome。
　　And　these　things　took　place；　and　the　kings　resumed　their　thrones；　and　the　master　of　Europe　was　put　in　a　cage；　and　the　old　regime　became　the　new　regime；　and　all　the　shadows　and　all　the　light　of　the　earth　changed　place；　because；　on　the　afternoon　of　a　certain　summer's　day；　a　shepherd　said　to　a　Prussian　in　the　forest；　〃Go　this　way；　and　not　that！〃
　　This　1815　was　a　sort　of　lugubrious　April。
　　Ancient　unhealthy　and　poisonous　realities　were　covered　with　new　appearances。　A　lie　wedded　1789；　the　right　divine　was　masked　under　a　charter；　fictions　became　constitutional；　prejudices；　superstitions　and　mental　reservations；　with　Article　14　in　the　heart；　were　varnished　over　with　liberalism。
　　It　was　the　serpent's　change　of　skin。
　　Man　had　been　rendered　both　greater　and　smaller　by　Napoleon。　Under　this　reign　of　splendid　matter；　the　ideal　had　received　the　strange　name　of　ideology！
　　It　is　a　grave　imprudence　in　a　great　man　to　turn　the　future　into　derision。
　　The　populace；　however；　that　food　for　cannon　which　is　so　fond　of　the　cannoneer；　sought　him　with　its　glance。
　　Where　is　he？
　　What　is　he　doing？
　　〃Napoleon　is　dead；〃　said　a　passer…by　to　a　veteran　of　Marengo　and　Waterloo。
　　〃He　dead！〃　cried　the　soldier；　〃you