Chapter X

NAPOLEON THE LITTLE By Victor Hugo 1909, CONTENTS

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BOOK I

December 20, 18481
Mission of the Representatives10
Notice of Expiration of Term12
Men Will Awaken17
Biography22
Portrait26
In Continuation of the Panegyrics35

BOOK II

The Constitution46
The Senate49
The Council of State and the Corps Législatif52
The Finances55
The Liberty of the Press57
Novelties in Respect to What Is Lawful60
The Adherents64
Meus Agitat Molem69
Omnipotence76
The Two Profiles of M. Bonaparte81
Recapitulation86

BOOK III

The Crime96
The Coup d'État at Bay98

BOOK IV The Other Crimes

Sinister Questions150
Sequel of the Crimes159
What 1802 Would Have Been175
The Jacquerie180

BOOK V Parliamentarism

1789189
Mirabeau191
The Tribune193
The Orators196
Influence of Oratory201
What an Orator Is203
What the Tribune Accomplished205
Parliamentarism208
The Tribune Destroyed211

BOOK VI The Absolution: First Phase

The Absolution214
The Diligence215
Scrutiny of the Vote.—A Reminder
of Principles.—Facts217
Who Really Voted for M. Bonaparte229
Concession232
The Moral Side of the Question234
An Explanation for M. Bonaparte's Benefit238
Axioms244
Wherein M. Bonaparte Has Deceived Himself246

BOOK VII The Absolution: Second Phase: The Oath

For an Oath, an Oath and a Half251
Difference in Price255
Oaths of Scientific and Literary Men258
Curiosities of the Business261
The 5th of April, 1852266
Everywhere the Oath272