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Except for some insignificant young men just beginning to grow beards, they all looked bored; a few dandies with peevish expressions were rocking on their heels. There were a great many grey heads and wigs; here and there a bald pate glistened; and the faces, which were either flushed or very pale, revealed in their degeneration the traces of an immense weariness, for the men there were mostly in politics or business
— Jun 03, 2024 03:32AM
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Katia N
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According to M-l Vatnaz, the emancipation of the proletariat was possible only through the emancipation of women…there should be a jury to examine books by women, special publishers 4 w-n, a National Guard 4 w-n, everything 4 w-n!seeing that the Government did not recognize their rights, they would have to conquer force by force. 10k of citizenesses, armed with good muskets, could make the Hôtel de Ville tremble.
— Jun 04, 2024 01:23AM
Katia N
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Most of the men there had served at least four governments; and they would have sold France or the whole human race to safeguard their fortunes, to spare themselves the least twinge of discomfort or embarrassment, or simply out of mere servility and an instinctive worship of power. They all declared that political crimes were unpardonable. It would be far better to forgive those crimes which were caused by want.
— Jun 03, 2024 12:11PM
Katia N
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they were anything but easy to manage, since they had all been dismissed from the big factory. The Republican governed them harshly. A man of theory, he respected only the masses and was merciless towards individuals.
— Jun 03, 2024 04:29AM
Katia N
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Here the conversation turned to women. Pellerin refused to admit that there were any beautiful women (he preferred tigers); besides, the human female was an inferior creature in the aesthetic hierarchy. ‘What you find attractive about her is precisely what degrades her as an idea; I mean her breasts, her hair…’
— Jun 02, 2024 09:33AM
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Pellerin exclaimed: ‘I don’t want any of your hideous reality! What do you mean by reality, anyway? Some see black, some see blue, and the mob see wrong.
— Jun 02, 2024 06:43AM
