“ The Revolution is the accession of the people, and at bottom the people is man. ”
Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three (1874). copy citation
| Author | Victor Hugo |
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| Source | Ninety-Three |
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| Date | 1874 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ninety-three |
Context
“hence the absurdity of the man king who, as he is not the father, cannot be the master; hence the suppression; hence the Republic. What is all this? it is the family, it is humanity, it is the Revolution. The Revolution is the accession of the people, and at bottom the people is man.
The question was whether, when Lantenac had just returned to humanity, Gauvain would return to the family.
The question was whether the uncle and the nephew would be united in the superior light, or whether the nephew would respond to the uncle's progress by taking a backward step.”
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