Hortense



\"'My political opinions,' I replied, 'and my desire to return to my country, from which a foreign invasion has exiled me. In 1830, I demanded to be treated as a simple citizen. They treated me as a pretender. Well, I have acted as a pretender.'

\"'Did you wish,' it was asked, 'to establish a military government?'

\"'I wished,' was my reply, 'to establish a government based on popular election.'

\"'What would you have done if successful?'


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\"'My political opinions,' I replied, 'and my desire to return to my country, from which a foreign invasion has exiled me. In 1830, I demanded to be treated as a simple citizen. They treated me as a pretender. Well, I have acted as a pretender.'

\"'Did you wish,' it was asked, 'to establish a military government?'

\"'I wished,' was my reply, 'to establish a government based on popular election.'

\"'What would you have done if successful?'


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