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【】s. thetididnotpassaentfor,astheend ofaugustdreg,indeepay,forthe neahadbeenanizinga freshar.thenhalonswasbroken up,andthatargtothereliefofbazaiwoor threedaysofanxiousexpectationfollohenonthe3rdof septeercathenehroughszerland,oftheutterdefeat andsurrehefrenchar,atsedan. atfirst,theooterribletobetrue.peopleseed stuhethoughtofahuhousandfrenlayingdown theirar.tetheneherevolutionin paris.thisexotionsangthepeople;butthe prevailingideaseedtobethatnohere disastersrieved. ”doyouthinkoftheneheboysaskedas,drill over,theyhurrieduptotalkthetteroverhtheirfather. ”ost unfortuain barentinvolvingageof offients,andaperfectupsetof theaeryanizationappearslittleshortof insanity.atthesati,itispossiblethatityarousesuch aburstofnatiohusiashattheresistanceh,asfaras theptiblein faptedatallybeeofsoobstinateand desperateaterthattheprussiansybefairly. ”thereisselyanyhopeoffuturevictoriesinthefield.raw levies,hoathtroopsasthe prussians,intheopen.theonlyhopeisinssesoffranctireurs upontherearandflanksoftheene.everybridge,everywood, everyvillageshouldbedefehedeath.inthishe prussianshegrouandon;anditwouldbe absolutelyiossiblefortheofeedtheirienseares,orto bringuptheirsiegeterielagainstparis. ”thespirittodothisypossiblybeexcitedbytherevolution; otherore senseless,reunjustifia nd,neverde.ithasbeeedpurelybytheradicalsand roughsofparistheningawar onthago,ingtoberlin.for thesentoturoundupontheeerorinhissfortuneand, houtnsultioffraoeffectarevolution,is inndsilyinfaus. ”evenregardedasatterofpolicy,itisbadire. austria,italy,andrussiatosaynothingofenglandwould, soonerorlater,haveinterferedinfavorofaablishedeire; buttheirsyathieshisrevolution.the departyinalltheseuntriesyexult,buttheextre departydonotholdthereinsofpoheir narchsainlynotfeelcalledupontoassisttoestablish arepublic. ”prussiaherselfintenselyaristocratiherinstitutionswill probablyrefusetotreat,altogether,erswhohave seizedthepohekingofprussiaisperhapsthegreatest haterofdecraeurope. ”still,boys,thesegeskenodifferenyourduty.you arefightingforfranpireorarepublid,as longasfras,itisyourdutytontinue.infact,itis hahedutyofyou,andofeveryfren,to fight.herarisentirelygone;anditissilyuponthepluck andenergyofherpopulationthatshehastotrust.” ”doyouthinkparis,papa” ”sheissuretodoso,boys.shehasdetherevolution,andshe isboundtodefendit.iknoificationsare farttobetakenbyasuddenattaditwillbea longtibeforetheprussiansbringupasiegetrain.paris arvedoutand,ifherpeopleareonlyhalfasbrave astheyareturbulent,theyoughttoreiossibleforthe prussianstoblockadesuiensele.atanyrate,france hastonths;perhapsger,buttonthsoughttobe quiteenough,ifherpeoplehavebutspirittosurroundtheene, totoretreat.”
theing,bledfordrill,captaintee addressedthenthesubje that,hertheyapprovedordisapprovedofhadtakenplace there,theirdutyasfrenhepresenttheywere notpolitis,butpatriots;andhehopedthatnotawordof politicsherps,butthateveryonewouldgive hisustbe,hislifein thecauseoffrance. hisaddressisfato then;foralreadydifferena angthesohadexultedloudlyatthedownfallofnapoleon; othershadsaidlittle,buttheirgloolookshadtestified suffitlyanyangthe geherps,espeilies, istororleanist priheproposal,therefore,thatnopoliticsshouldbe discussedduringtheeeronlythat theyingforfrance,gavegreatsatisfa;and prosedantinuahegoodfelloherto reigherps. ititsfirstanization, therpstuedoutforthefirsttiintheirunifor.theband ofthenationalguardheadedtheastheyrcheddohehigh streetofdijontotheparadeground;andasthespectators cheered,theladiesheirhandkerchiefs,andtheorps joinedinarseillaisethe youngbarclaysfelttheircheeksflush,theirhandstightenupon theirrifles,andtheirheartsbeathafiergingtobe faehthehatedprussians. adaylandby enatfirstpreferred thechassepots,iliar,theyweresoon austodtothenehe advantagenderpoitothehe darkbroishers,overthebright barrelsofthechassepots, toanenelesaway. adayinthe eveningfrorill,theyheardagreattultin ...