...addressed to the French people, which was as follows : — "Frenchmen — In my Proclamation of the 2nd of December, when I loyally explained to you what,...of Government in France, I had not the pretension, BO common in these days, of substituting a personal theory for the experience of centuries. On the...

...addressed to the French people, which was as follows : — " Frenchmen — In my Proclamation of the ond of December, when I loyally explained to you what,...and what benefits had resulted. I have thought it rational (logique), to prefer the precepts of genius to the specious doctrines of men of abstract ideas....

...addressed to the French people, which was as follows : — "Frenchmen — In my Proclamation of the 2nd of December, when I loyally explained to you what,...personal theory for the experience of centuries. On tha contrary, I sought in the past the examples that might best be followed, what men had given them,...

...of December, I stated to you in all sincerity what were, according to my ideas, the vital condition of government in France, I had not the pretension, so common in our days, of substituting a personal theory, for the experience of ages. On the contrary, I sought...

...proclamation of the 2d of December, I stated to you in all sincerity what were, according to my ideas, the vital conditions of government in France, I had not the pretension, so common in our days, of substituting a personal theory for the experience of ages. On the contrary, I sought in...

...President had said in his proclamation: I did not have any pretension, so common in our time, to substitute a personal theory for the experience of centuries. On the contrary, I looked for examples in the past which could be followed, what men had produced them, and what good...