"But Eighteenth Fructidors prevent Eighteenth Brumaires."
"No. They prepare the way for them."
"But reasons of State exist?"
"No. What exists is the Law."
"The Eighteenth Fructidor has been accepted by exceedingly honest minds."
"I know that."
"Blanqui is in its favor, with Michelet."
"I am against it, with Barbès."
From the moral aspect I passed to the practical aspect.
"This said," resumed I, "let us examine your plan."