The Second Empire Bonapartism the Prince the President the Emperor
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In his odd, silent way, behind the dull mask and the great moustache, the man had known he would be king. Since it was pre-ordained, his actions were unhurried, and he said always, 'II ne faut rien brusquer. ' He had seen a man follow his destiny out of exile, out of prison, to a predestined throne; and he was left with a queer faith in predestination. He had followed a star; and a King, a Republic, and seven millions of men had gone down before the inevitable event. But he knew nothing more of... the future. It was written, and a wise man would watch 242 THE EMPEROR 243 the slow movement of events without thrusting rashly across the stream. His attitude was always that of a man who, in his own phrase, 'attend un evenementS 'I never form distant plans, ' he once told a king's secretary, 'I am governed by the exigencies of the moment. ' It was an odd confession; yet it was the wisdom of a man who had seen one thing happen inevitably and was left with a belief that all things were inevitable.
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